Seoul-based artist, Kim Jongku, began a two-week residency at CU on February 3. Jongku works in sculpture, video, painting, and photography. Using black, steel powder - the result of an industrial grinding process - he "writes" calligraphic inscriptions on the floor of a pristine, white environment, as if the powder were Chinese ink. Then, using closed-circuit cameras positioned on the floor, Kim projects his constructed vista onto a screen to evoke traditional Korean ink-and-brush painting. While beautiful and evocative to experience, they are the artist's criticism of today's materialistic civilization.
To finish his residency, Jongku will present his work at a number of public events, starting with "Materiality of Transmutation: What Persists and What Projects" on Tuesday, February 11. Beginning at 6:15 p.m., there will be a viewing of Jongku's new artwork in the Visual Arts Complex Lobby (VAC). At 6:40, Jongku will present a performance art piece. This will be followed by an artist lecture at 7:00 in 1B20, the VAC聽Auditorium, and this will be accompanied by a panel discussion with William Morrow, Denver Art Museum Polly and Mark Addition Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, and Alexander Watkins, Assistant Professor, Art and Architecture Librarian at CU Boulder.
Later that week on Thursday, February 13 at 5:30 p.m., there will be a Curator's Circul Lecture, entitled "The Iron Powder: The Metamorphosis of Steel in Video INstallations & Other Artworks," at the Denver Art Museum. Reservations are required for this event.
Jongku will complete his residency on Friday, February 14 with an opening reception for his Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition in the foyer of the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, which will be open to the public until聽March 30. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., and there will also be a special show-n-tell of Sammy Lee's artist book inspired by the work of Jongku.
