The Art of Transforming/
Kim Beom
- Self-published; 2003
- 85p; 21x14cm
“The Art of Transforming” (1997) by 🇰🇷 multi-media artist Kim Beom (b. 1963).
----This artist book is an instruction manual on how to transform into a tree, a leopard, a door, and even an air conditioner. ----Kim's drawings, sculptures, installations, videos, and artist books often use absurd situations and deadpan humor to evince themes involving pedagogy, education, animism, and the life of objects.
----First edition printing supported by Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo for Promenade in Asia '97. Reprinting made possible through the support of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco for Time After Time: Asia and our moment, 2003.