Sung Ja Kim Chisholm

My works symbolically communicate the vital significance of the pages that make up the books of our lives. Our memories, experiences, hopes, joys, and disappointments are each represented by a page or a coil in the unfolding of our individual journeys.

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My works are made with white cloth saturated in white plaster. The cloth symbolizes all our attachments and warmth throughout life — from birth to death — and reflects the many shapes our lives take. It speaks to how our memories and experiences are tightly woven together within the events that define us. The plaster symbolizes the wisdom that strengthens our ability to navigate and endure our life experiences.

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White is central to my work. As the sum of all visible light, white holds within it every colour of the spectrum — just as our lives hold the full range of human emotion and experience. It is a colour that can feel both cold and warmly protective, both stark and luminous. The other colours in my work give texture to the varied experiences of living, while the connecting curved and straight lines — rendered in white — allow all of these textures to blend into the natural ebb and flow of life.