The Fusion of Texture and Matiere’ by Kim Byeong-gil
Kim Byeng-gil’s works feature Paper Clay, which creates a three-dimensional texture that evokes a certain pattern and a two-dimensional matiere that is planar and visual. His artistic style distances itself from general realism, which involves detailed depiction, and reveals the artist’s humanistic sensibility. He avoids hard edges and pursues a formal planarity that is warm and soft. The materiality of Paper Clay causes the whole screen to have a somewhat rough pixel that creates a visual harmony regardless of the construction of hue. These formal patterns result in a unity that brings visual pleasure and harmony by making appropriate changes in the formal elements of composition, form, and hue.
Written by Jong-Chul Park (artist, art critic, art columnist, representative of KCAA)
