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Exhibition Note (Statement)

Gyul. E Kim’s solo exhibition with ROY Gallery, Synchronized Swimming, showcases the artist’s perception of her world through symbols. However, it deviates from the usual procedural norms of symbolization.

Though symbols in general, like languages, are socially agreed upon norms and institutions those governing our social behaviors gravitationally grounds us at a profound level. The artist rejects this “permanence and universality” of symbols.

Kim’s canvases are superimposed and intersected by brushstrokes and shapes. The contrasts and conflicts traced in the …