This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

March 1st, 1919 marked the beginning of major demonstrations in Korea calling for liberation from Japanese colonial rule. In this woodcut print, Kim abbreviates time and space to portray the collection of Korean suffering and resistance throughout the last century.

This woodblock print was used for the 100th Anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement. 

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.

On May 18th, 1980, student-led demonstrations in Gwangju, Korea took place in response to the recent installation of Chun Doo-hwan as the Military dictator of South Korea and his implementation of martial law. Under his dictatorship, Chun arrested oppositional political leaders, closed all universities, outlawed political activities, and suppressed the press. Those who participated in the Gwangju uprising called for democracy and free speech, only to be massacred by the martial law forces under Chun.

In the following year, Kim was wanted for violating martial law and for reporting on the Gwangju massacre. He lived on the run for eleven months. After martial law was lifted in 1981, he turned himself in and spent a month in prison.

In 2011, documents memorializing the Gwangju Uprising were listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Now, each year on May 18th, Korea remembers the citizens of Gwangju and their cries for democracy.

This woodblock print has been hand-painted with watercolor by the artist. While the print run is unknown, each in this series is unique as the artist added color individually to each piece with watercolor and brush.