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Casey Kaplan is pleased to announce a solo presentation by Cindy Ji Hye Kim (b. 1990, Incheon, KR) for Frieze London 2022. Five new paintings composed of Baltic birch stretcher bars, silk, and graphite are suspended and staggered, hovering in space.

Kim’s latest body of work reflects a deepening exploration of the anatomy of an image. Five double-sided grisaille paintings with exposed stretcher bars form a chamber-like installation through which viewers absorb image and structure in tandem. Taking the traditional archetype of an easel as her point of departure, Kim embeds easel-like reliefs …