Yong Soo Kim Cements Cherry Blossoms And Conductors

Yong Soo Kim‘s Prelude of Fusion juxtaposes the elegance of nature’s flowering Spring with intersections of sharp industrial and electric parts, pairing soft pink hues, whispers of white cherry blossoms and songbirds with semiconductors, wires, and concrete. Delicately plastering his acrylic paintings on canvases of concrete, Kim embeds anything from wood to speakers into these idyllic settings.

His fusion of nature and technology looks clean, smart and refined—nothing forced nor overdone. The industrial interventions are deceptively subtle—you might not even notice them at first glance—so the title of his series is most befitting as it alludes to the inchoate prelude of nature and technology combined.

Prelude of Fusion # (2007)
cement, semiconductor, wire, acrylic

Prelude of Fusion #-II (2009)
cement, semiconductor, wire, speaker, acrylic

Prelude of Fusion #-II (2009)
cement, semiconductor, wire, speaker, acrylic

Prelude of Fusion #-Ⅱ (2006)
cement, semiconductor, wire, acrylic

[via Colossal]