{"id":1910,"date":"2017-03-08T09:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2017-03-08T09:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:48:26","slug":"justin-kim-paintings-challenge-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2017\/03\/08\/justin-kim-paintings-challenge-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Kim Paintings Challenge Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1911\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1911\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4488-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Painting by Justin Kim\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4488-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4488-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4488.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting by Justin Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Justin Kim\u2019s work, on view at Williston\u2019s Grubbs Gallery through April 28, combines the grand tradition of figure painting with a contemporary sensibility, exploring themes including archetype, pastiche, authenticity, and the relationship between technology and the artist\u2019s hand. In addition to landscapes and figures, Kim works on miniature collages, combining forms and figures from traditional painting. His work generates tension between artifice and reality while challenging traditional painting structures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1912\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1912\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4487-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Painting by Justin Kim\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4487-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4487-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_4487.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting by Justin Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Kim received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.F.A. from the American University in Washington, D.C. He interned with the artist David Hockney, and has taught at Yale, Dartmouth College, Smith College, and Deep Springs College in California. The recipient of several residencies and awards, he has exhibited both regionally and nationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Kim\u2019s work, on view at Williston\u2019s Grubbs Gallery through April 28, combines the grand tradition of figure painting with a contemporary sensibility, exploring themes including archetype, pastiche, authenticity, and the relationship between technology and the artist\u2019s hand. In addition to landscapes and figures, Kim works on miniature collages, combining forms and figures from traditional &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2017\/03\/08\/justin-kim-paintings-challenge-tradition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Justin Kim Paintings Challenge Tradition<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-news","category-grubbs-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1914,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}