Lot 46: KIM SOOKANG (b.1970)

KIM SOOKANG (b.1970)
Bojagi 001 & 011, 2004
2 gum bichromate prints
each signed, dated and numbered 'AP' in pencil in margin
each 31½ x 24½in. (80 x 62cm.) overall (2)

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Inspired by objects in her daily life, Kim turns her camera to bojagi, traditional Korean wrapping cloths. She uses the arduous 19th century photographic process of gum printing to create painterly images of bojagi parcels. Due to the multi-layered nature of the process, a single print can take over three days to produce. A work from her Bojagi series will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Santa Barbara Museum of Art (fig.1). Kim's prints are held in various collections, including the MFAH and Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark.

Each AP aside from the sold-out edition of 5.