A house is a space that also holds a potential beyond its physical feature, so diverse angles of observation and judgment is necessary. His works show a study of understanding and accepting “what he sees” as a vision. While working on his paintings, Kim re-experiences the lines and planes of a two-dimensional world through three-dimensional visions and discovers an infinite potential of a house. We have been living in a three-dimensional world all along, yet we are finally realizing the new values within our dear home, thanks to technology.

A house is important to all of us. Our day begins and ends at home. A house serves as one of three necessary survival needs (clothing, food and shelter), but it also provides a space to recover our exhausted body and mind at the end of a day. A house, which provides a fresh new day tomorrow as well as a platform for an individual growth and development, is an absolutely necessary space for its people. As it provides shelter, a house carries a potential beyond its physical space. It is not simply a building of concrete walls and bricks. The relationship between a house and a person is taken for granted yet precious and indispensable. It becomes part of our experiences that enables us to grow up as mature individuals. Like a mother’s womb where a baby takes nutrients and grows before stepping outside.

A house is our life’s start and an end. After a long period of nomadic life, our humanity began to settle in an area, calling it home. It seems as if every day, we engage ourselves in a short travel. We head out and return. Every day we collect all sensory experiences and information from outside world and bring them home, which become part of us. Like a bird searching for food and collecting branches for its nest, we are able to expand our home with enriching experiences as resource.

Through his work, Kim thinks over the importance of a house that we take for granted and reflects on its value. We can experience the value of a house we fail to realize as well as its immeasurable possibility, and Kim suggests its deep connection with a painting as well. A painting can be described as something beyond putting paints on a canvas surface. It is a measure of self-expression and self-contemplation, and through one’s paintings we get a glimpse of a person’s passion and growth. Kim’s works suggest that a painting is capable of bringing out an individual’s potential for growth. As he grows up, his paintings reflect such maturity. After all, a painting as well carries significant value and identity. His experiences and thoughts are assembled and expressed on a canvas, through which we can get a sense of his infinite potential. As he continued to paint, he was able to grow up, and his ‘house’ will continue to grow as well.