Two dimensions flirt with a third; a curious oscillation occurs between different states, different textures. Kim has sewn through unprocessed slide film and made projections of the resulting light-fissured fields. The L.A. artist’s “First Paintings” feel rudimentary in comparison, and their presentation at Klowden Mann is thin overall. In several pieces, she drags the paint downward into a finely threaded blur that resembles the effect of an etching or drypoint. Even as she turns to the basics of moving pigment around on a surface, however, she engages her materials with verve.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2016 22:18 UTC