The Shining Things
Oksun Kim (김옥선)
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Korean, English
Text by Lee Youngwook.
Softcover
107 pages
220 x 280 mm
2014
ISBN 9788993748536
Oksun Kim’s new images on trees appear as a documentation of certain discovery on encounter. These trees are located at a deserted prairie, inside the woods untouched by men, or a mundane corner that is abandoned or neglected. In other words they are peripheral. The trees too are peripheral. They are not extravagant or grand that tries to stand for some symbolism. They are just there. Rooted to place, fastened, without any embellishment, they stand as they are with a face given to them by the environment. Yet each of the trees in the image emanates certain energy. Or I should say that they shine. Kim discovers that shining and documents her encounter with it.
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About The Artist
Oksun Kim has spent the last 20 years of her life photographing women, transnational couples and foreign residents living in Jeju Island. Kim’s work is marked by the aimless gaze which is juxtaposed with the gaze directed at the subject. She powerfully captures the nuanced situations and details. The mixed world in her photographs urges the viewer to reorganize one’s perspective and senses to open up and to embrace life that is full of diversity.
oksunkim.com
(source: https://www.oksunkim.com/cv)
About The Publisher
The Museum of Photography, Seoul is a photography museum in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
(source: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Museum_of_Photography,_Seoul)
