Byron Kim Synecdoche - a Different View

This short video offers a different and hiden perspective view on the "Synecdoche," by the Korean American artist Byron Kim. Taken from a portable cell phone, this video suggests a visual alternative for the art lovers, especially the remote ones.

Synecdoche recently went on view to the public, filling a huge wall on the lower level of the East Building. The piece should raise eyebrows and questions, even some ire -- which shows just how good it is.
Like a lot of the best fine art, the premise behind the piece could hardly be simpler: It consists of a grid of 429 panels, each one 8 by 10 inches. Kim has painted each panel a single shade of pink or brown or tan that is meant to reproduce the skin tone of a different person who sat for him. A grid of names on a nearby wall lets us match sitters to their color patches. Lorna Simpson, the well-known African American artist, turns out to be dark-chocolate brown. The late Marcia Tucker, founder of the New Museum in New York, is a pale beige. Kim's unfamous relations tend toward pale olives and dark buffs. A simple premise, yielding tangled thickets of meaning.

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Film & Animation

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