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Whanki Kim: Artist’s Voice

“I am Asian and Korean. Even though I grow and transform, I cannot exceed myself. My paintings are drawn by an Asian and a Korean in every way. To be a worldwide artist, shouldn’t the painting be ethnic? I assume art is a robust national anthem. I appreciate my country more by leaving it, but I still represent it, and think about it over and over.” “Koreans like purity, clean and simple things. This fact explains why people call them the white-clad folk. Koreans who lived with blue sky and sea created blue-green celadon, and Koreans who wore white clothes gave birth to that beautiful white porcelain.”“[Kim imagines speaking to his son:] ‘Your father is drawing jars and ritual wares, since coming to Paris. You should draw hundreds of antique ceramics all the time without thoughts. When you look at them sometime later, they will give you various ideas.’”