KIM LIM Space, Rhythm & Light
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KIM LIM Space, Rhythm & Light
Edited by Abi Shapiro with contributions by Bianca Chu, Joleen Loh, Hammad Nasar, Adele Tan, Wenny Teo, and Ming Tiampo.
Sculptor and printmaker Kim Lim (1936-1997) had a lifelong fascination with space and its relationship with two- and three-dimensions. This important new publication, the first monograph about the artist, explores her outstanding body of work.
Ronin (wood), 1963, Wood and metal in 5 parts, 30.6 x 77 x 29, The Estate of Kim Lim, Photograph courtesy The Estate of Kim Lim.
In a series of fascinating chapters, leading art-world specialists survey the artist's rich career and legacy across four decades. Exploring Lim's profound contribution to the development of post-war British abstract art, her marginalization in the histories of British art since her death is questioned. Through reproductions of Lim's work in wood, metal, stone, and paper, the artist's shape-shifting oeuvre, which continually probed relationships between space, light, and form, is rightfully brought center stage. Including a discussion of Lim's Asian heritage and its connection to her work, this publication is essential reading for all those seeking new perspectives on both Lim and British art history more broadly.
The book accompanied the first major UK museum survey of Lim's work in over twenty years (The Hepworth, Wakefield, from the 25th of November 2023 and will conclude on the 2nd of June 2024)
ABOUT THE EDITOR Dr Abi Shapiro is Curator at The Hepworth, Wakefield, with a specialist research interest in post-war sculpture and its histories. She has worked on numerous curatorial projects including Hannah Starkey: In Real Life, The Art of the Potter: Sculpture and Ceramics from 1930 to Today and Sheila Hicks: Off Grid.
Contributors:
Hammad Nassar is a curator, writer, and strategic advisor. He was co-curator (with Irene Aristizábal) of British Art Show 9 (2021–2022).
Dr Wenny Teo is a lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Asian Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art.
Ming Tiampo is Professor of Art History, and co-director of the Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Bianca Chu is a cross-disciplinary art practitioner and researcher, and a representative and strategic advisor to the Kim Lim Estate.
Dr. Adele Tan and Joleen Loh are curating a retrospective exhibition of Kim Lim's work at the Singapore National Gallery in the Summer of 2024. •
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: Lastautumn, The Hepworth Wakefield presented the first major museum exhibition of Kim Lim’s work since 1999, offering unparalleled insight into the artist’s life and work. Space, Rhythm & Light will explore Lim’s focused engagement with abstraction, exhibiting four decades of Lim’s sculptures alongside sketches, maquettes, and archival images from Lim’s travels across Asia which greatly influenced her work. The exhibition will pay special attention to Lim’s printmaking - a practice she believed to be equally as important as her sculpting but was often overlooked for. After a successful career that has since fallen from view since her death, this major survey will bring Lim’s important artistic legacy back into view in British post-war art histories. Exhibition supported by The Kim Lim Estate and Henry Moore Foundation.
Book Details:
25 B&W illustrations and 60 color illustrations
ISBN 978 1 84822 666 1
November 2023
260 × 220 mm
128 pages
Hardback
£35.00
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