Composition_No.5
Isu Kim is a visual artist based in Frankfurt. Kim’s main series of work, Composition, is based on principles of design whereby the artist challenges the origin of shapes, colours and materials to visualise a narrative. Kim’s notably playful aesthetic comprises of a characteristic palette of bright pastel and primary colours, which are mixed and contrasted with artistic precision. Kim shows us how colours set in contrast and combination alone can elicit fun and uplifting effects on the eye and mind. Furthermore, Kim’s colours are overlaid in organic forms and lines — as if drawn by a child’s hand, or amalgamated through collage. In these natural and playful forms we find a particularly beguiling contemporary artistic style. Kim’s new aesthetics are created through painting, installation, and GIFs — whose continual flashing movements make the perfect extension of her artistic practice into an eye-catching and beguiling digital medium.