Minjung Kim (b. 1962)

The works titled Tension, with their linear accumulation of thin strips of red burnt paper, evoke a feeling of infinite perfection. The layering and overlapping, consistent across Minjung's collages, create chronological channels that suggest the transience of time. This passing of time is further represented by the burning of the paper itself. The invisible flame and the paper which, being burned, is only present by its complete absence, effectively symbolise the movement from the solid to the void, two opposed principles that in part form the basis of much of Oriental philosophy.