Kim Ku Lim(born 1936), who is recently evaluated as a potential artist and pioneer in experimental art, was born in Sangju , Gyeongsangbuk-do, and has a major position in the history of con temporary Korean art as a leader in experiment al art. Having...
Kim Ku Lim(born 1936), who is recently evaluated as a potential artist and pioneer in experimental art, was born in Sangju , Gyeongsangbuk-do, and has a major position in the history of con temporary Korean art as a leader in experiment al art. Having maintained the spirit of denial of existing values and customs, he has continued experimental works, including painting, engraving, sculpture, installation art, performance, earth art, video art, and mail art, and has been involved in experimental plays, experimental films, music, and dance. In 1969, Korea"s first mail art, 〈Relics of Mass Media〉, was introduced, and major 〈Meaning of 1/24 Second〉 was produced in Korean experimental film history. In addition, he was a major founding member of the Korea Avant-garde Association (AG) and carried out avant-garde art activities emphasizing concepts and processes through AG activities. The artist"s individual exhibition "YIN AND YANG" was held at the Gana Art Center. Starting with the first individual exhibition in 1958, Kim Ku Lim has been considered the most avant-garde writer in Korea. This is because he has maintained a great trend in the times when he was mainly active and in general, Korean artworks that were popular at the time, and works that have largely deviated from the mainstream. It is no exaggeration to say that artist Kim Ku Lim rather maintains the trend of overseas art and the trend of the East than Korea at that time and now. In addition, Kim Ku Lim has been working on unfamiliar and experimental films such as 〈Meaning of 1/24 Seconds〉, 〈Untitled〉, and 〈Civilization, Women and Money〉, which are considered representative works of early Korean experimental films. The above experimental film works were created without exchanges with the Korean film industry, so they serve as precious Rosetta Stone that explains the history and characteristics of early Korean experimental films. In this study, This study would like to examine the identity of Kim Ku Lim"s cinematic experiment, which shows a world of work that is clearly distinguished from other artists. I would like to analyze what the avant-garde spirit penetrates his film works and what the main subject consciousness, formal implications, and characteristics are. This is because these questions can explain Kim Ku Lim"s avant-garde and experimental spirit, and can be a keyword that can converge his experimental film world.