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In Tate Modern
- Artist
- Byron Kim born 1961
- Medium
- Oil paint and wax on panel
- Dimensions
- Displayed: 1372 × 1118 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased with funds provided by the Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2019
- Reference
- T15351
Display caption
Byron Kim’s skin tone paintings are portraits of different people. Sitters include friends, family, fellow artists and even strangers. Their names are listed in the works title. The paintings in front of you are part of an ongoing series of around 500 portraits. Kim attempts to represent an individual through a single colour. The absurdity of this gesture is where the humour of the work can be found. The name of the series is Synecdoche. This means when a part of something stands in for the whole. Kim hints towards the importance of the individual in conveying the complexity of society.
Gallery label, November 2021
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