Shinae Kim
A Glimpse of Blue
Painting
2023
Oil on canvas
72" x 60"
"A Glimpse of Blue" is a portrait of cramped sorrow. It is told from the perspective of a child’s poignantly turned-away back: He is looking away from something horrible – we don’t know what it is. But above him, the sky is blue which allows him to remain an optimist.
Work by
Shinae Kim
Drawing and Painting
“I’m interested in the investigation of migration - to wit, my family’s history with its sensations of deracination and tragedy. In the migration series, I have painted Asian migrants and migrant...” [More]