Dae Soo KIM

Galerie PJ

Selected Works

Dae Soo Kim has turned bamboo, which the Far East considers one of the four plants celebrated by the scholars, into an object (*). As the Chinese character ‘竹’ for bamboo illustrates, the straightness of bamboo symbolizes the uprightness of man. When the photographer’s attention is focused on the characteristic image of bamboo and its leaves, he captures the very substance of the Far Eastern spirit. Through his photographic skills, a part of the quintessential spirit of the Far East has been expressed visually. Dae Soo Kim uses the technical possibilities of photography for the visual representation of the spirit of the Far East. He shows us the image in negative and, in doing so, reverses our view of the world. The inverted pictures refer to the interaction between Yin and Yang, and thus present the metaphysics of the Far East in an abstract, i.e. geometric way. Furthermore, the construction of the image and the gradation from black to white, which intersect the long line of the trunk and the short line of the node, show us the teaching of Yin and Yang and the subtle aesthetic perception of the Far East. In her bamboo pictures, Dae Soo Kim introduces us to the anthropological significance of bamboo and the Far Eastern vision of Nature. In these countries, bamboo is not simply an object for man, but a subject that can have exchanges with man. Kim’s photos of bamboo should not be interpreted and evaluated from the point of view of the West, but from the point of view of the Far East. In his book “Orientalism, the East created by the West”, E. Said wrote that Eastern culture should not be interpreted or evaluated according to Western standards, because the East is for itself an East; it is therefore reasonable, if one wants to appreciate Kim’s bamboo photos at their true value, to take into account that, in the culture of the Far East, bamboo has an ethical dimension.

1955 Born in Seoul, South Korea

Education

1975-1979 Hongik University, Bachelor of Plastic Art, Seoul, South Korea
1979-1980 Daewoo Planning and Coordination Office, South Korea
1980-1981 Hongik University, Master of Photo-Design, in Industrial Art, Seoul, South Korea
1981-1983 Parsons School of Design, Bachelor of Photography, New York, US
1983-1987 Pratt Institute, Master, Photography, New York, US
1987-1988 KAIST, South Korea
1988-1993 Assistant Professor, Dept. Photography, Sangmyung University, South Korea
1993 Present Professor Dept. Visual Communication, Hongik University, South Korea
1989-2005 Master of Industrial Art, Ewha Women’s University, South Korea
2001-2002 Exchange Professor, Dept. Photography, Nihon University, Japan
2011-2012 Artist Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR

Solo Shows

2024 “SOOM”, Galerie PJ, Metz, France
2022 Windscape, Seojin artspace, Seoul, Korea
2022 Centre d’art photographique, Hwasun, korea
2022 Lake of the Bamboo, Ks gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 Choi Jung-Ah Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
« SOOP », PJ Gallery, Metz, FR
2019 « Sky Land and Manscape », Lucida Gallery, JinJu, South Korea
2018 « DaeSoo Kim Photography », Art Gallery JeonJu, JeonJu, South Korea
« The Garden of Letters », Seoi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2017 « Sky Wind Stars and Me », BK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2015 « DaeSoo Kim Photography », Francoise Livinec, Paris, FR
« DaeSoo Kim Photography », Achim Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
« New Wave in Korean Photography 1988-1998 », GoEun of Photography, Busan, South Korea
2014 « DaeSoo Kim Photographies », IBU Gallery, Paris, FR
2013 « Trees from the People », Artpark Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012 « Listen to the Bamboos », Eulenspiegel Gallery, & Heuberg 24, Basel, Switzerland
« Sensibility of Bamboo », Ewho Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
« People du Bamboo », Philippe Gelot Gallery, Paris, FR
2011 « Voice of the Bamboo », Hanmi Photography Museum, South Korea
« Voice of the Bamboo », Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, South Korea
2010 « Colors of the Bamboo », IHN Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2007 « DaeSoo Kim Photo Work », Mac Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2006 « Sky Meditation », White Wall Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2004 « Sky Wind Stars and Me », Kim Youngsub Photogallery, Seoul, South Korea
2003 « Trees from the People », Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2000 « The Tale of Three Trees », Sajinmadang, Seoul, South Korea
1999 « A Road to the Sky », Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1998 « The Great Korean », Olive Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1996 « The Land of Wisdom », Boda Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1990 « New Wave Photographer from Korea », Sunygate Gallery, Taiwan
1988 « Creation and Then… », Han Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1987 « Thesis Show », Higgins Hall, New York, US
1984 « Quest of Light », Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1983 « Graduate One Man Show », Parsons Hall, New York, US

Selected Group Shows

2022 In the garden, Galerie PJ, Metz, France
2022 « The Resonance of Trees », The Korean Cultural Center of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2019 « Yeosu International Art Festival, More Less Much More », Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Yeosu, South Korea
2018 « Frames after Frames: Modern Photography Movement of Korea from 1988 to 1999 », Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea
2017 « Exhibition during PyeongChang Music Festival », Pyeongchang, South Korea
« Exposition1# », Castle of Dampierre sur Boutonne, FR
2016 « Hand », Eulenspiegel Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
« Public to Private-Photography in Korean Contemporary Art since 1989 », National Museum of Modern and Cotemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2015 « Current of Korean Journey of Photography », GASC Yunseul Art Museum, Kimhae, National Museum of Modern and Cotemporary Art
« The Condensed Moment », Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
« Re:Kontemporary-Fermented Souls », Waterfal Gallery, New York, US
« The 21st Century Handmade Print », 270 Gallery, Englewood, US
« Korean Beauty: Two Kind of Nature », National Museum of Modern and Cotemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
« Hue: Rest », The American Club, Singapour
2013 « The Wind that Wakes the Bamboo », National Museum Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea
« In Between », HyeHwa Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2012 « Monochrome in Korea », Dorothea Gallery, Mainz, Germany
« Art Paris », Grand Palais, Paris, FR
2011 « Seoul Photo Festival 2011 », Musée SeMa Gyeonghuigung of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
« Korean Sprit: Six Photographers », Aramnuri Art Center, Goyang, South Korea
« Remember You », Hyundai Art Center, Ulsan, South Korea
2010 « Go with Father and Son: HanYoung Kim, DaeSoo Kim », Moonstruck Present Gallery, Osaka, Japan
« Chaotic Harmony: Korean Contemporary Photography », Santa Babara Art Museum, Santa Babara, US
«Hong Kong International Art Fair », Hong Kong Convention Center, Hong Kong
2009 « Art Asia: International Asian Contemporary Art », Miami, US
« Paris Photo », Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FR
« China International Gallery Exposition », Pékin, China
« Contemporary Korean Photography 1948-2008 », Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, South Korea
2008 « Exhibition during G8 Hokkaido Summit Meeting », Mori Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
« Good Morning Mr. Nam June Paik », Korean Cultural Centre U.K., London, UK
2007 « Contemporary Art Today and Tomorrow », Sejong Culture Center, Seoul
2006 « Seoul International Print-Photo Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
« Camera Work », Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2005 « The People in the Time 1945-2005 », Seoul, South Korea
2004 « Looking Inside », Baeksang Memorial Hall, Seoul, South Korea
2003 « Object and Imaginations », Lux Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2001 « 19 Photographers with Calm Land 4 », Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2000 « Landscape and Place », Gyeonggi Art Center, Suwon, South Korea
« 12 Photographers with Calm Land 3 », Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
1999 « Seoul Lumia of Century in Media 1999 », Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
« Beyond the Threshold », Hillwood Art Museum, New York, US
1998 « History of Korean Photography », Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
1997 « Exhibition of Youth Spirit, ‘97 Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition », Gwangju, South Korea
« Essence of Photography Expansion of Photography », Walker Hill, Seoul, South Korea
1996 « Photography-New Vision », National Museum of Modern and Cotemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
1995 « The Horizon of Korean Photography », Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1994 « The Horizon of Korean Contemporary Photography », Gongpyong Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
« 50 years of Korean Photography, 1945-1994 », Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
1993 « Photography and Image », Sonje Art Museum, Gyeongju, South Korea
1992 « The Horizon of Korean Contemporary Photography », Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1991 « The Horizon of Contemporary Korean Photography », Total Open Air, Jangheung, South Korea
« The 1st Korea-Japan Poster Exchange Exhibition, Paper », Seoul, South Korea
1990 « Mixed Media », Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea
« The 24th Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition », National Museum of Modern and Cotemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
« Two Photographers from Korea », R.I.T. Gallery, Rochester, US
1989 « The 23th Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition », National Museum of Modern and Cotemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
1988 « The New Wave of the Photography », Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
1987 « Figurative Ideas », The Korean Cultural Center of New York, New York, US

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