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een galerie.
Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Kim Ku-lim
A Pioneer of Korean Avant-Garde: Kim Ku-lim’s Exploration Beyond Convention Kim Ku-lim (김구림), born in Sangju, South Korea in 1936, stands as a singular figure in Korean art history – the nation's inaugural champion of avant-garde experimentation. Rejecting established artistic norms from his formative years amidst Seoul’s burgeoning experimental scene during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he embarked on a multifaceted artistic journey
that spanned film, light sculpture, performance art, and crucially, land art, establishing him as a visionary ahead of his time. Exposure to Japan's artistic landscape in the mid-1970s further broadened his horizons and instilled within him a profound appreciation for Eastern philosophical concepts, particularly Yin and Yang – principles that would become central to his ongoing creative exploration. Early Influences & Seoul’s Exper…