Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Sunshower
2023
Published by Foreign & Domestic Editions
UV pigment on translucent Unryu paper made with kozo fiber and chiri bark
16 × 16 inches
40.6 x 40.6 cm
Edition of 30; 8 AP; 2 PP
Numbered and signed individually by artist
Unframed (images showing framed prints are for illustration purposes only)
Includes Certificate of Authenticity

In this original work painted exclusively for this edition, a figure is depicted repetitively in mid-stride, with one hand clutching flowers while the other shades its brow. The form of the work is evocative of the Victorian-era phenakistoscope, a device used to conjure illusions of moving image.

Cindy Ji Hye Kim's nod to this mechanism invites a deeper dive into the realm of the uncanny. While the figure on the disc is intended to flow seamlessly in motion, in stillness they appear as fragmented frames of halted moments. The notion of "rigor mortis" fits poignantly, suggesting a transformation from what was once vibrant to something eerily motionless.