The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 25, 2023

Study for "A Rock That Was Taught it Was a Bird"

2009

This object has related works. See study for A Rock That Was Taught It Was a Bird

Kim Beom 김범

(Korean, b. 1963)

Korea, 21st century

Graphite

Support: Wove paper

Sheet: 18 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Gift of the Artist 2010.473

© Kim Beom

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Kim Beom has described works such as the one sketched in this drawing, saying that "I want to seek alternative definitions of life by studying these objects that contain human ideals."

Description

This drawing relates to relates to Kim Beom's mixed-media installation, A Rock that was Taught it Was a Bird (2010), also part of the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection. In the study, Kim envisioned the configuration of his project, which features a ready-made sculpture made from a stone and tree bough, a table, and a video monitor. The artist often works between two- and three-dimensional media as a way to question and comment on authoritarianism.

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed in graphite (verso): "2009./ K. Beom"

Kim Beom

1986 - Seoul National University
1991- M.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York
Exhibition history

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2010.473