Artwork Detail

For A Record of Everything, a triptych comprised of three archival pigment prints mounted on Di-bond with hand-cut Tyvek sheets, artist Soo Kim invited staff from the Department of Consumer & Business Affairs (DCBA) to share photographs of objects that represent home to serve as the material and conceptual theme. After displaying the images provided by the staff into a grid, the artist layered intertwined golden branches with images of renowned architect Richard Neutra's work, including the building where this artwork resides. Neutra's dedication to designing affordable, multi-family houses aligns with DCBA's mission of empowering and protecting Los Angeles County residents. Following Neutra's philosophy, Kim's artwork explores the interconnection between personal, architectural, and natural elements that contribute to community well-being.

Soo Kim is a Korean American artist. She was born in South Korea in 1969 and moved to Los Angeles in 1980. She earned a B.A. from the University of California, Riverside, and an M.F.A from the California Institute of the Arts. Kim lives in Los Angeles and is on the faculty at Otis College of Arts and Design. Kim often employs cutting and layering techniques to introduce areas of absence or disruption in what we tend to take for granted -the interpretation of photographic images." Kim's work has been the subject of solo and group exhibitions at galleries/museums in the US, Europe, and Asia, including at the Getty Center; The Gwangju Biennale, Korea; Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina; the Orange County Museum of Art; Art Sonje, Korea; Islip Art Museum, New York; the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, New York; Seoul Museum of Art, Korea; and the Honolulu Museum of Art. Kim's work is in the public collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Broad Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, North Carolina Museum of Art, and many others. For more information visit: http://www.sookim.org/