A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity

2004–2010

Early paintings

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Traces Egg tempera on wooden board · made in 2004 · 2009
A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity Oil on canvas · 120 × 120 cm · 2010
A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Self-portrait Oil on canvas · 50 × 50 cm · 2007

2008–2011

Early performance and photographic works

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Brushing Teeth

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Jongsik Choi Lambda print · performance record · 2008
A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Nude Drawing Class Lambda print · performance record · 2008
A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Megabox Lambda print · performance record · 2008

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Seok-cheon Hong

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Seok-cheon Hong Lambda print · 120 × 120 cm · 2011

2013

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Bussot, Raul

Portrait works

Installation work

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Bussot, Raul

Kim Hongrok built and installed in the gallery a metal raft of the same size and form as the original raft made by Raul Bussot Jr.’s father and two friends. For five days, Kim Hongrok and Raul Bussot Jr. ate and slept on it, confronting anew the voyage of twenty years earlier.

Film works

Interviews with Raul Bussot, His Family and Friends Who Shared the Journey

2013

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: McDonald’s

A 2013 series made with diamond dust on McDonald’s hamburger wrappers collected around the world.

2015

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Military Sex Slave

Installation work

A Clue to the Recovery of Authenticity: Military Sex Slave

The cotton screen and the chair used during filming. A visitor sits at the same eye level as the figure in the projected film.

Portrait works

Film works