Byron Kim

American, born 1961

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Byron Kim, Belly Painting: Prussian Blue, 1993, encaustic on linen, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Anthony T. Podesta, Washington DC), 2014.136.167

Belly Painting: Prussian Blue

Byron Kim · 1993 · encaustic on linen ·  Accession ID  2014.136.167

560 panels, each painted a unique, flat color, are hung in a grid to create an abstract work of art. The grid has ten horizontal rows of fifty-six panels. The surface of each panel is covered from edge to edge with a single color. The colors range from mahogany to peach, almond white to dark brown. Some panels are smoothly painted while brushwork is visible on others.
Byron Kim, Synecdoche, 1991-present, oil and wax on lauan plywood, birch plywood, and plywood, Richard S. Zeisler Fund, 2009.39.1.1-560

Synecdoche

Byron Kim · 1991-present · oil and wax on lauan plywood, birch plywood, and plywood ·  Accession ID  2009.39.1.1-560