A number of people are enthusiastic about the paintings of Artist Kim Myung-Sik (a.k.a. Andy Kim). He has garnered international attention and reputation through art-fairs and his personal exhibitions.

Why are these people enthusiastic about his works?

The works of artist Kim are likened to the happy feeling of having a cup of coffee with brunch, while sitting next to a window on a sunny spring day, listening to sweet piano melody. With this sensibility, people want to feel the happiness of sitting in his living room.

Like the first taste of bitter coffee turns around in our mouth and leaves a sweet taste, sweetness and bitterness coexist in Andy Kim's(서양화가 김명식,김명식 작가,キムミョンシク,KIM MYUNG SIK,金明植,김명식 화백,김명식 교수)works. His level of aesthetic achievement rises far beyond any single taste.

When pastel tone are the basic colors, we are not apt to feel in-depth taste. But by adding contrast, the work attains a different, higher, stage. By using a knife freely in spreading them, the colors trespasses the boundary of form, and concrete figures appear through the feast of color and maître.

△Cheolmin Song(송철민)/Curator, Zien Arts