Registered at at the artist's studio, Inv. #06-013.
Gallery CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Minjung Kim: Vuoto nel pieno, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 2006.

Renowned for her ethereal ink paintings and intricate compositions on layered paper, Minjung Kim (b. 1962) is a Korean artist celebrated for her mastery of transparency and subtle formal expressions. Committed to reinterpreting traditional Korean aesthetics, Kim imbues each artwork with a process-based organization of her thoughts, problems, and whims. Through the repetitive technique of burning and layering mulberry Hanji paper, she conveys a profound narrative of emotional healing and meditation, punctuated by vibrant colors and dynamic strokes.

Kim's global presence is marked by exhibitions at prestigious museums and galleries worldwide, including the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (2024); Princeton University Art Museum in New Jersey, USA (2020); Langen Foundation in Neuss, Germany (2019); and the Gwangju Museum of Art in Gwangju, Korea (2018), Musée des Arts Asiatiques, Nice, France (2017); Hermès Foundation, Singapore (2017); OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2015); Palazzo Caboto, Venice, Italy (2015); Oko, New York, USA (2014); Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy (2014); MACRO (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma), Rome, Italy (2012); the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (2008); Guanshanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (2007); Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy (2006); and Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna Ascona, Ascona, Switzerland (2003). She participated in the Gwangju Biennale (2004, 2018, 2023).

Her work is represented in numerous international public collections including the British Museum, London, UK; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea; Musée des Arts Asiatiques, Nice, France; Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Sapin; Swiss Re Art Collection, Zürich, Switzerland; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, USA; Asia Society Museum, New York, USA; Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy; the Museum Sbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark; OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea; Tate Modern, London, UK; and UniCredit Art Collection, Milan, Italy.

Percussion encapsulates many aspects of Kim's practice, both physically and thematically. The work is made using the artist's signature method of applying ink onto mulberry Hanji paper, the edges of which she then precisely burns using matches and incense sticks, before layering these pieces of paper to create her desired composition. Here, the discs of burnt paper are layered to create a gradual transition from light to intense dark, radiating inversely from the centre. A musical arrangements of small red fragments of paper dance across the centre of the composition. Percussion achieves a union of poles, that Kim seeks within her practice: matter and void, movement and stasis, light and dark, individuality and cohesion.