Hyunjin Kim
Platy (Pippa & Curtis), 2022
30x30, Polyacryl, Yarn on Canvas

Hyunjin Kim
Observations, 2021
200x220, Polyacryl, Yarn on Canvas

Hyunjin Kim
MAU, 2022
200x190, Polyacryl, Yarn on Canvas

Hyunjin Kim
Sunbrella, 2019
190x170, Polyacryl, Yarn on Canvas

A Thread
A tale
A wandering
Thought
A stitch
A knot
Slow
Yarn
Weaving
Words
Shapes
Forms
A meandering
Line
Miniature
Worlds

A thread through the tight, light, cotton weave, bright colours crossing each other, forming recognizable yet slightly escaping shapes. A letter, a symbol, an eye. The needle pushed slowly in and out, it stitches lines, dots and knots. A long tale slowly gets embedded within the weft, a plot unraveling into large abstract twists or small introverted worlds. When one loses track of a conversation or a story, the thread is what we say gets lost. That meandering line keeping together a discourse, tying together a sequence of events in a logical, temporal or poetic way. A thread links the end and the beginning of a thought. It holds things in place, it fastens meaning to words. Here, a patient yarn moves slowly between the planes, front and back, between surface and depth. Each stitch is a second, piercing through a frame, time is visible, tangible, caught within the fabric weave. The narrative is loose but its sense holds fast, tightly weaved into the bold colours, vivid patterns and bright yarns, thoughtfully composed yet let free to wander in the viewer’s mind.

Alina Vergnano

Hyunjin Kim
Platy (Pippa & Curtis), 2022
30x30, Polyacryl, Yarn on Canvas

Hyunjin Kim
Observations, 2021
200x220, Polyacryl, Yarn on Canvas