Runaway Daydream: Gyoungmin Kim

Kim has been creating sculpture in different iterations for years. They range in size and activity, all boasting resplendent colors and dynamically composed bodies. Acrylic on bronze, each tells a brief story invoking a single instant in the day.

Kim incorporates fine-detailed painting to produce captivating facial expressions and add visual depth to clothing, other items, and the silhouettes of each figure.

While most of the figures are singular, satisfied or wistful, Gyoungmin Kim also creates representations of the family. Sacrificing quietud for whimsy and visible love, these groupings celebrate togetherness and bonds with perceptibly fun, physical activities.

In several works, Gyoungmin Kim portrays golfers. They are captured at different points, yet all of these shown here are constructed after their swing has connected with the ball; this is the followthrough.

Each golfer is inhaling, watching their ball sail through the air, softly quieting the momentum of the swing through their arms as they bring their golf clubs to a slow rest at their side. The You are the Best works are shown just after this moment, now in repose, exhaling as they admire their work.