Lot  003 Ravenel Hong Kong Online Auction

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We love butter house

KIM Young Jun

2022

Acrylic on Canvas

80 x 116 cm

This work is in very good condition overall.
The lot is currently stored in Republic of Korea. Please note that the lot will be transported to the address designated by the buyer after the item(s) successfully sold. The packaging, shipping costs, insurance and applicable customs duties for the Subject Artwork sent from the storage shall be paid by the Buyer.

Estimate

USD 4,800-5,900

Sold Price


Signature

Signed and Dated Backside

+ OVERVIEW

South Korean artist Kim YoungJun regards moving images as completed paintings and continues his ceaseless contemplation of movement as an art form. He maintains his activity through his media art and paintings in Seoul. Kim has collaborated with various brands, including Bighit Entertainment, Naver, Shu Uemura, Amorepacific, Hyundai Department Store, and the National Museum of Korea. He has also produced a music video for the song ‘Fairy Tale,’ performed by musicians Kim Dong Ryul and IU. The artist's keen sensitivity to everyday scenes and his ability to create a subtle tension between space and objects are beautifully manifested in his gentle and peaceful paintings. In 'We love butter house,' Kim presents a vibrant composition of sandwiched cookies and a green apple embracing a house-shaped butter, humorously subverting the sense of scale. The stormy heart arrows evoke the overwhelming feeling of love at first sight, while the heart pattern emerging on the mushroom and the little white flower struck by an arrow hint at a budding romance on the side. Kim YoungJun reinterprets and unveils a new perspective and possibility for traditional Western still-life paintings, encompassing still lifes, landscapes, and states of mind.
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Friday, September 1, 2023, 1:00pm