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Mison Kim at Garrison Art Center
"Games, Guns, and Glory" at Garrison Art Center presents bold diagrammatic drawings by Mison Kim that suggest semi-automatic rifles, board games, and icons. Within the confines of these rigid graphics, Kim has woven a multitude of lyrical lines that make their way in and around the graphic design. Upon closer examination, the viewer discovers that these are, in fact, architectural plans for government buildings and houses of worship. "The grandest architecture is both eloquent and beautiful, and I thought, that's where I'd like my lines to live," says Kim. "These architectures are also associated with presenting society's greatest aspirations. They were purportedly constructed to support the highest of ideals." Kim's intricate wanderings offer pleasure in the simple act of looking and getting lost in an image.
– Chronogram Magazine - Feb. 2021
Games, Guns, and Glory: Mison Kim’s Work in Times of Crisis
”Kim’s work does not dictate what the viewer should think or even burden us wi t h i n t e rpr e t a t i on , bu t i t doe s show us t he unseen forc es at w ork, t he m elding of our energies , our ideas , our human and inhuman connect ions as if a representat ion of a bloodstream on t he body t hat is our planet.”
– Happening Media - July 2020
Searching for The Real, The Artwork of Mison Kim
“For Kim, her art is not so much about the end product as it is about the process. The more she works at her trade as an artist and the more developed she becomes, the more apparent it is to her that what she is doing is about more than brush strokes on a canvas or the mark of a pen on paper.
– Up and Coming Weekly - Feb. 2015
She Found “The Real”
”Mison Kim does not try to influence the viewer with a particular point of view or perspective, but rather encourages the viewer to let go of preconceived notions and see different things in the great swoops of color that appear almost like great ballets of stained glass, or the intricate ink twinings of her work.”
– City View Magazine, NC - April 2015