BoA Kwon – My friend Peter was telling me the other day that I had to check out this chick because she was like mad cute. She is. And she can dance.
Faces to Watch – Whenever I read these faces to watch things I always get really upset that I’m not on them. I mean, it makes sense, but it still sucks. Nonetheless, there they are and here I am. Every smart person keeps one eye on the competition and if these are the “faces to watch” then that’s what I’m gonna do.
This guy right here kind of bugs me though. In the same way that criticism has been leveled at guys like Stephen Cojocaru for being a sambo perpetuating tired stereotypes of the over the top flamboyant gay man, I feel there way too many artists out there trying to play the whole “I’m a wild and wacky creative genius” bit or some shit like that. That’s one thing I’ve always admired about Matisse. He kept it real.
MOCA Should Show Its Own – This is a very good article about what the struggling MOCA should do to ensure its survival. The author’s basic theory is that the MOCA has an intensely good collection of important artworks in storage and first and foremost it should use that backlog to beef up its permanent collection which, by my estimation from reading the article, sounds somewhat anemic and in need of more “plasma.”
Personally, I agree with sentiment wholeheartedly. The permanent collection is the backbone of any museum and should be made as strong as possible, but that’s kind of a no brainer and really goes without saying. The real quandary is where to take it from there. In my opinion what they need to do is pull a Peggy Guggenheim and break a superstar. They need to find the next big thing, blow him up and ride his coattails into the history books.
What they really need is Terry Kim.
Baroque from Bologna – If you are into Baroque art this should be right up your alley at the Getty.
Tes One Relaunches Site - This guy has a really cool website. I feel so inferior and janky.
Art Space Talk: Blaine Fontana – Reason number 6980 why people don’t care about art: artists are the most boring as shit people on the planet. They are a lot like athletes in that their interviews are usually just a long list of cliché’s and platitudes, but unlike athletes they don’t have the excuse of having to please sponsors and whatnot. Take this dude for example. I got to say, for a guy that’s supposed to be all from the streets, you are boring.
Two months into his Lakers tenure, Jackson questioned [Kwame] Brown’s toughness and his inability to recover from a strained right hamstring. “I’m not putting pressure other than just call him a pussy every time I see him in the locker room,” Jackson said. Jackson accented his accessment by making cat-like “meow” sounds as Brown walked past him. Later, Jackson walked into the locker room, pointed to a brown mink coat stashed on top of the coat rack and started laughing hysterically. “See that’s Kwame’s,” he said.
I don’t know why exactly, but the other night I got really nostalgic for the Kwame Brown period in Laker history. One of the reasons why I imagine it’s so great to be a Laker is that even if you stink the fans will still support you. Chris Mihm, Tyronne Lue, Mark Madsen? Nothing but love. Kwame on the hand was a different case altogether. Lakers fans loathed. I think he may be the only player in Laker history to be universally loathed. Personally I liked him. Mostly because he looks a lot like a black version of my friend Denny, but also because…….. I don’t know. I like rooting for those guys that everybody counts out I guess. He did sort of play good man defense in the post.
The linked article was published shortly after his trade to the Grizzlies and is one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever read. It’s also, somewhat in spite of itself, a poignant elegy that very accurately captures the madness that was Kwame Brown.
5 Things You Don’t Know About Green Tea – This is a pretty interesting article on many levels and by many, I mean two. It is interesting on two levels. One, it contains a lot of interesting facts about the health benefits of green tea. Sure the fact that green tea is so good for you is old hat by now, but it’s still interesting nonetheless. And the second level of interestingness is the fact that it’s taken from a Marie Claire article titled “The 7 Things You Didn’t Know about Green Tea.” It’s just funny to me.
Can a Pill Make You Gorgeous? – This is a pretty good article about beauty supplements. If that’s your thing it’s worth a read.
Zoom Kobe 4 Watch - A somewhat interesting observation about Kobe. Throughout the first part of the season Kobe played pretty well, but was pretty inconsistant and not at all like his usual dominant self. In the three games since getting his new sneakers? Sure the Lakers are only 1-2, but Kobe has been in beastmode.
Hyperdunk Numbers
PPG – 25
FG% – .46
3pt% – .31
Zoom Kobe 4 Numbers
PPG – 35
FG% – .51
3pt% – .50
Coincidence? Or a really, really, elaborate commercial?
Culture Monster – This a new arts blog on The LA Times. I think it’s new anyway. I don’t know anything about anything, so for all I know (or don’t know) it could’ve been around for ages. Well the point is I just heard about it and since this is also an art blog that means Culture Monster is now my sworn enemy and will has to be crushed.
CULTURE MONSTER UPDATE! Culture Monster is on a major newspaper and is read by more than one person (What’s up Dorothy! I hope you are still reading!) so I guess it has the jump on me. Culture Monster 1 Terry Kim 0. I’m not panicking though. I’m just laying in the cut.
mario’s bee outfit – 
It has recently come to my attention that this Bee outfit is hated by a lot people. Which isn’t really anything worth writing about in and of itself, but I think it’s kind of interesting seeing as how a lot of these same people will talk about what a great costume the raccoon suit was. I never understood the fascination with Mario’s raccoon suit. I mean, how the hell a raccoon tail was supposed to make you fly?
Monique Coleman – For those of you reading this that aren’t 16 years old you might not know who Monique Coleman is. She’s the black chick in High School Musical. She was born in 1980 which means she was……. I don’t know when High School Musical came out but whenever it did come out she was definately not a teenager. Other black actresses that were surprisingly old for their teenaged roles: Stacy Dash (28) in Clueless and Gabrielle Union (28) in Bring it On.
I know these are some pretty lame news bites. They’ll get better, but if they don’t I probably wouldn’t be too surprised.
The Zoom Kobe IV – Kobe recently told the world that next shoe in his signature line will be a low-top which lit the basketball world on fire since for a good long time now there has been a commonly held belief that basketball shoes needed to be high tops in order to protect against ankle injury. Some folks are saying that if Kobe wears this shoe on the court and proves against that notion that it can single handedly revoulutionize the basketball sneaker industry. You know that’s all well and good but I can’t help but think how Gibert Arenas must feel. He’s already the most insecure basketball player in NBA history, I wonder if Kobe getting all the propers for something he honestly thought of last year will in some way affect his already fragile ego. There’s nothing on his blog yet, but you best believe I’m on GIlbert Arenas Blog watch.
Bad Porn – One of my favorite basketball players is Corey Maggette. This has less to do with his skills and more to do with the fact that he’s just about the shiniest, most ripped up player in the league. Seriously, he looks like a giant action figure covered in baby oil. Anyways, I was reading Basketbawful and I learned that his nickname in some circles is “Bad Porn”
“They’ve started to call him ‘Bad Porn’ at various Warriors boards. Their justification? ‘Sure, there’s penetration and scoring, but are you really happy with what you’re seeing?’”
Fabulous. Just fabulous.
Best in Show 2008 – This is LA Weekly’s list of the best art shows and things over the past year. If I made a list of the best shows shows I went to this past year I would have to include a lot of my own shows. That’s not because I think I’m so amazing (even though I do) but it’s largely out of default because I don’t seem to go to too many shows that I’m not in. Early New Years Resolution: go to more shows. I am particularly remiss for not ever having been to MOCA.
LACMA proposes a merger with MOCA - I don’t really have a whole lot to say about this. Apparently it’s happening because the MOCA has no money or something and the merger with LACMA will allow it to stay open. So I guess my stance is that this is a good thing since I’m guessing this means the MOCA will stay open long enough for me to finally visit it. Terry Kim 1, Recession 0.
“Vanity Fair Portraits” at LACMA – In keeping with my new resolution to see more shows I think I might actually maybe go and possibly see this show. Considering the fact that I learned how to paint by painting pictures from fashion magazines I feel somewhat obligated.
Review: Andrew Dawson’s ‘Quatre Mains’ at UCLA Live - When I first aw this headline I was gonna start clowning on it but after reading the article it actually looks pretty interesting. I’m normally not a big fan of performance art of any kind (it just looks like really bad ballet to me) so maybe it might just sound better than it actually is, but the writer seems pretty sold on it.
Michael Buitron on 2008 Biennial at OCMA – When I first started reading this my stomach started to turn because it sounded so corny. Apparently there’s going to be a lot of polotically bent artwork. Here’s a brief synopsis of my view of political art: it’s the most positively antiquated concept. This ain’t the sixties. Odds are, if a person are learning anything about world affairs from artwork it probably says more about that person’s inablitiy to keep up with current affairs than any qualities inherent in the artwork. That being said, when I finished reading the entire peice it did start to intrigue me. I have a lot of California pride, so this better not dissapoint.
Art Roll Pt.I: Jeff Soto/Riverside Art Museum – I’m not too impressed with this guy, but you know he did get a museum show. So, congratualtions and go guy.
Shepard Fairey’s Iconic Obama Image Makes Time Magazine’s ‘Person of The Year’ Cover - I don’t like Sheppard Fairey so this bugs me that he’s on the cover of Time. I often think about what the future will think about this current period of art and how it will measure up historically. I imagine it will measure up pretty badly.
This is so overlooked it borders on criminal. Watch it now, thank me later.
Back when I first made my site I had this clip up because I thought it was a hype way to enter my site. I’ll have some real posts up soon, but until then enjoy the hypeness.
Here’s an additional clip of Mamba. I feel you Kobe. I too want to touch the sky.
My name is Terry Kim and I’m a 26 year old artist from Orange County, California. I’m a self taught artist with a pretty natural ability in realism, which is somewhat ironic since I’ve never been a huge fan of realism or anything. My personal tastes have always leaned more towards abstract or graphic designy artists like Miro, Klimt, Mondrian, or Rothko. I’ve always liked drawing and painting people realistically however, so my aesthetic naturally evolved to be a mix of those two tastes.
In the last few years I have become super obsessed with basketball; particularly with motion offenses such as the Triangle Offense, SSOL, or the Princeton Offense. I don’t really know how these offenses work because they are pretty dense and complicated and I’m dumb, but the basic idea is that, when run properly, they automatically create plays and scoring opportunities. I’ve since adopted this ideology into how I create my paintings by trying to create complex systems that will yield what I call “instant style.” This isn’t a real unique concept, since I’m sure everybody is creating their own systems for painting, but I think mine are unique because, like the afore mentioned basketball systems, I try to make mine as dense and Baroque as possible.
I’ve been painting for about 6 years and starting showing in the LA and Orange County area for about four years (since around 2006.) In that time I’ve appeared in around 50 or so shows. I am currently working on a book and my six pack.
SOLO AND FEATURED SHOWS
2008 “New Poison Art Show” (ftd artist)
New Poison Art Gallery – Hollywood, CA2008 Costa Mesa Artist Showcase X (ftd artist)
Triangle Square – Costa Mesa, CA2008 The Hive Gallery (ftd artist)
The Hive- Los Angeles, CA2008 “Terry Kim vs the World part 1: Neapolitan” (solo)
The Light Gallery – Costa Mesa, CA2007 “Terry Kim Gets Next to You” (solo)
The Artery – Costa Mesa, CA2006 “Une Femme Este Une Femme” (solo)
The Artery – Costa Mesa, CA2006 “Scene Subjectively” (solo)
The Artery – Costa Mesa, CA2005 “Pop, Girls Etc.“ (solo)
Orange Coast College – Costa Mesa, CA
JURIED SHOWS
2009 “Costa Mesa Artist Showcase XI”
Gods & Heros – Costa Mesa, CA2008 “Costa Mesa Artist Showcase IX”
eVocal – Costa Mesa, CA2008 “Costa Mesa Artist Showcase VIII”
Crew Salon – Costa Mesa, CA2007 “Orange County Design Collective V”
The Lab – Costa Mesa, CA2007 “Costa Mesa Artist Showcase VII”
Triangle Square – Costa Mesa, CA2007 “Costa Mesa Artist Showcase VI”
Triangle Square – Costa Mesa, CA2007 “Orange Coast College Student Showcase”
Orange Coast College – Costa Mesa, CA2007 “Costa Mesa Artist Showcase V”
The Artery – Costa Mesa, CA2006 “Orange County Design Collective IV”
The Lab – Costa Mesa, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Lift Off” by Project Ethos
Vanguard – Hollywood, CA2009 “United C.A.T.”
Chickwa – Fullerton, CA2009 “United C.A.T.”
Chickwa – Fullerton, CA2008 “Urban Idioms”
111 Minna Gallery – San Fransisco, CA2008 “United C.A.T.”
Safari Sam’s – Los Angeles, CA2008 “United C.A.T.”
Safari Sam’s – Los Angeles, CA2008 “United C.A.T.”
Koo’s Art Center – Long Beach, CA2008 “Art Tease II”
The Light Gallery – Costa Mesa, CA2008 “Rock the Arts”
Mountain Bar – Los Angeles, CA2008 “United C.A.T.”
Koo’s Art Center – Long Beach, CA2008 The Hive Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2008 “The Water Cooler Summer Classic”
Proof Bar – Santa Ana, CA2008 The ARTery – Costa Mesa, CA
2008 “United C.A.T.”
Koo’s Art Center – Long Beach, CA2008 Mountain Bar – Los Angeles, CA
2008 The Hive Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2008 The Light Gallery – Costa Mesa, CA
2007 The ARTery – Costa Mesa, CA
2007 The Hive Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Hive Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Hive Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Living Room – Costa Mesa, CA
2007 Co-op Kiosk – Costa Mesa, CA
2007 Co-op Kiosk – Costa Mesa, CA
2006 Co-op Kiosk – Costa Mesa, CA
2006 Co-op Kiosk – Costa Mesa, CA
2006 Blankstyle Grand Opening Party – Costa Mesa, CA
2005 Co-op Kiosk – Costa Mesa, CA
2005 “OCC Student Showcase”
Orange Coast College- Costa Mesa, CA2005 “Orange Drop News Years Concert”
OC FairGrounds- Costa Mesa, CA
RESIDENCIES
The Hive 11/08 – 3/09
CURATOR AND RESIDENT SHOWS
2008 “The Water Cooler Summer Classic”
Proof Bar – Santa Ana, CA
AWARDS
2008 Costa Mesa Mayor’s Choice Award
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2008 Blank, Alan “Local artist’s work selected by the mayo”
The Daily Pilot, July 2, 20082006 Douglas, Theo “Total Recall,”
OC Weekly, Aug 24-31, 2006
EDUCATION
Self taught
