JI YOUNG KIM

Designer biography:

After 20 years of writing for broadcasting mass media, Ji young Kim is now using metal to find her own formative language and write a new story. Her work consists of jewelry and objects. But work is not limited to these genres. She conceives exhibitions challenging the beholder as both exhibit and exhibition concept are autonomous art work.

The starting point of her work is perhaps a word. Most people use the verb "wear" for the act of wearing jewelry, while in Korea, they use the verb "fill (chanda)". It is a word that Koreans use casually, but she did not miss these verbs and paid attention to them. She was born in Rep of Korea and lives and works in Paju, a city near DMZ, North Korea. She earned her MFA from the Kookmin University graduate school for metal and jewelry design in Seoul, her work can be seen in public collections in Europe, China and Rep of Korea.

Collection concept:

We eat time and want to be better, but in reality we're getting old and sick and dying. Like metal is corroding. But is eating time and changing is necessarily the journey to death? It can be a beautiful process. It's not over until it's completely over. I borrowed time from the future and put time on the metal. And the metal that passed fast rather burns beautifully and shows the journey of death.This brings us back to the meaning of existence and disappearance. Usually, we use something expensive on the outside. But the work is made of tombac(red brass) material that is corroding on the outside, rather silver on the inside. It means that the noble spirit is hiding. Also, with kinetic sculptures, it has movement. You can't tell what it is at a glance. The pin is hidden. It's solely up to you to get the pin out. Then it will go to you and play a role.

Ji Young Kim (South Korea)

JI YOUNG KIM

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