Plant Forms
1. Grasses, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
1. Grasses, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
2. Wheat, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
2. Wheat, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
3. Iris 3, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
4. Iris 1, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
5. Iris 2, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
5. Iris 2, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
“This work began by picking up discarded branches and blossoms left from tree pruning that I came across during my daily neighborhood walks. As the seasons changed, I switched to collecting twigs when walking in parks or hiking in the woods. In my studio, these natural materials are arranged then photographed. Often they loosely form rectangular shapes as I welcome unexpected surprises. I like to contrast the material's fragile and temporal elements with the sense of solidity and permanence a geometric form offers.” -yk
Blossoms
6. Blossoms 1, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
6. Blossoms 1, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
6. Blossoms 2, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
8. Blossoms 8, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
9. Blossoms 9, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
10. Blossoms 3, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
10. Blossoms 3, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
11. Blossoms 4, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
11. Blossoms 4, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
12. Blossoms 7, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
12. Blossoms 7, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
13. Blossoms 6, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
14. Blossoms 5, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
14. Blossoms 5, detail, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2008
Leaves
15. Leaves 8, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
16. Leaves 2, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
17. Leaves 5, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
18. Leaves 7, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
19. Leaves 3, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
20. Leaves 6, 30 x 24 inches, pigment inks on 100% rag paper, 2006
August 2024 - Four of Young Kim"s photographs were part of a large recent project of Public Art and Interior Art completed by Chandra Cerrito / Art Advisors at the UCSF Bayfront Medical Building, Mission Bay, San Francisco. Kim’s special edition 40" x 32" pigment ink prints on 100% rag paper included: Blossoms 3, 2008; Blossoms 1, 2008; Blossoms 5, 2008 and Leaves 8, 2006.