PICTURE / REALITY

The whole dynamic is neither a revelation, nor an invention, nor a discovery; it is what Dogen calls "the opening up and illumining" of a savific activity as a painted picture. Thus reality is picture, picture is reality.

Hee-Jin Kim

Mountain Walking, 2011, acrylic on paper, 22.5" x 30"

A Shattered Mirror, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 38" x 56"

Thinking/Not-thinking Nonthinking, 2014, acrylic on clayboard, 18" x 24"

Someone Nonthinking, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 66" x 66"

Full Round Moon, 2020, acrylic on board, 22" x 28"

Blue Blaze, 2021, acrylic on paper, 22.5" x 30"

An Ancient Mirror, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 28" x 28"

without a need to speak of an "I", 2023, acrylic on canvas, 22" x 56"