POSAN (Kim Taehyung) — Korean Tiger Painter / Realist Painting
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My works are executed primarily on stretched cotton rag paper and canvas, using charcoal and
mixed media to build a realist surface.
My practice is value-driven, built on tonal structure, light, and darkness.
Each painting begins with a charcoal-based tonal structure. For me, charcoal is not simply a material,
but part of a ritual process of recalling the Korean tiger from memory.
Through erasure, reduction, and the gradual opening of space within darkness, I bring its presence
back into view.
From this charcoal foundation, I expand the work through mixed media, using restrained color only to
shape atmosphere, light, and subtle shifts of temperature within the darkness.
The near-monochrome range is a deliberate choice—not a limitation of color, but a way of
deepening presence, silence, and atmosphere.
작품은 주로 나무틀에 씌운 cotton rag 종이(stretched cotton rag paper)와 캔버스 위에 목탄과 혼합매체
를 사용해 리얼리즘의 표면을 구축합니다.
저의 작업은 명도 구조와 빛, 그리고 어둠을 중심으로 전개됩니다.
각 작품은 목탄을 기반으로 한 명도 구조에서 시작합니다. 저에게 목탄은 단순한 재료가 아니라, 기억 속에서
사라져가는 한국호랑이를 다시 불러오기 위한 하나의 의식적 과정입니다.
지우고, 비우고, 덜어내며 어둠 속에 서서히 공간을 열어가는 과정을 통해, 그 존재를 다시 화면 위로 불러냅니다.
그 목탄의 기반 위에 혼합매체를 더하며, 색은 장식적으로 사용하지 않고 어둠 속 공기와 빛, 그리고 미세한
색온도의 변화를 만드는 범위 안에서 절제하여 사용합니다.
흑백에 가까운 색조는 색의 한계가 아니라, 존재감과 침묵, 공기감을 더욱 깊이 드러내기 위한 의도된 선택입니다.
Sound of Silence — Distant Memory No. 1
(90.9 x 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2026.
Sound of Silence — Distant Memory No. 1
(90.9 x 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2026.
Sound of Silence — Distant Memory No. 2
(90.9 x 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2026.
Sound of Silence — Distant Memory No. 2
(90.9 x 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2026.
Spirit #2, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
Spirit #1, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2020.
Belief #4, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
Hosan-do (虎山圖), F100 (162.2 × 130.3 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) — Yongso Falls (Osaek Jujeonggol), F50 (91.0 × 116.8 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2024.
The Day Snow Blossoms Fell #1, F100 (162.2 × 130.3 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Retrospect #1, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
Retrospect, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2020.
The Sound of Silence #6, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
The Sound of Silence #4, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Revive, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2019.
Determination #1, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
Gyogam (Communion), F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), acrylic on stretched cotton rag paper, 2025.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) #2, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2021.
Moment #3, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
The Sound of Silence #5, F30 (72.7 × 90.9 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) #1, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2021.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) #12, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Hosan-do (虎山圖) #22, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Hosan-do (虎山圖) #23, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) — Cheongnyeongpo, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
The Roar #9, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2024.
Moment #7, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) — Cheonjeyeon, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) #14, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2024.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) — Starlight Sonata, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
Baraboda (Gaze) #2, F30 (90.9 × 72.7 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2022.
Gwihwan (Reawakening) #13, F50 (116.8 × 91.0 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2023.
The sound of silence #3, F100 (162.2 × 130.3 cm), Acrylic on stretched cotton rag paper, 2018.
Grand Prize & Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award
39th Korea Contemporary Art Grand Prize Exhibition
Private Collection
Roar and Ascension , F100(162.2 x 130.3 cm), mixed media on stretched cotton rag paper, 2017.
Grand Prize, 38th Korea Contemporary Art Grand Prize Exhibition
Private Collection
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