Archaic

1991-1996

…with my Archaic series… I have been attempting to incorporate a sense of time as a visual element.

"When I was still involved with Heart and its Myths series, I had a chance to visit Rome and fell in love with it’s old architectural ruins. Visual and structural contents of ruins had all the elements that I was seeking with my Archaic series.

I have been attempting to incorporate a sense of time as a visual element. The first group of my works was inspired by various ruins of old civilizations that I visited and by shards of archaic pieces that I saw at various museums. I distort classical forms from the past historical periods and make pieces in which the old and the new coexist. It is achieved by making sequential pieces representing different times or a single piece with one side that looks deteriorated and the other side that looks new. Sometimes sequential shadows are added to suggest the different time of the day."

The Archaic series was created between 1991 and 1996.

Vase: Through the Ages

1992 earthenware clay

Vase: Then and Now II

1995 stoneware clay, earthenware clay

Vase: Then and Now I

1992 earthenware clay

Torso through the Ages

1995 stoneware clay, earthenware clay

Through the Ages II

1996 stoneware clay

Her First Visit to Rome

1993 stoneware clay, earthenware clay

Figure M

1993 stoneware clay, earthenware clay

Figure F

1993 stoneware clay

Cup through the Ages II

1994 stoneware clay

12 to 6pm

1994 stoneware clay

12 to 6pm

1994 stoneware clay

Tree Figures in Ruins

Tree Figures in Ruins

Coil figure building

YC Kim building a coil figure

Figure S

Figure S

YC Kim Demo

YC Kim demos build at a large sculpture making conference

Coil Figure Build

YC Kim building a large coil figure

Female Figure in Ruins

Female Figure in Ruins

Three Blue

Whiteware 1995 Ceramics