In Binna Kim’s artwork, she aims to present a stimulating mixture of nature and a view from her vivid imagination.
Whether in colorful abstract works or visual interpretation of nature, the works demonstrate keen attention to the smallest detail in order to emphasize the depth of expression and emotive beauty of nature. This combination helps bring the audience to a different world, a stage for viewing scenery in an emotionally evocative way. While viewing the works, the artist’s visual expression and interpretation by the audience merge and go hand in hand to evoke a memory, a passion, or a feeling unique to each of us.
Emotions-19 Series focuses on positive emotions that we might have forgotten for a while due to Covid-19 pandemic, such as love, joy, comfort and gratitude.
Binna Kim is a self-taught artist with a few different yet special career backgrounds. She is based in New York as an artist, floral designer and window display designer. Binna’s childhood was spent on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, against the backdrop of mountains and ocean that first inspired her art. Natural forms have remained a central theme in her work, and as her art career flourished she developed an interest in floral design and plant-based installations. Binna’s arrangements have graced vitrines at flagship locations of Beretta, Madison Avenue Gallery and Oxxford Clothes, and at renowned boutiques across New York City.
Apex No.1 – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks, Pastels & Pens on paper | 16 x 16 inchesApex No.2 – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks, Pastels & Pens on paper | 16 x 16 inchesMetaphysical Joy No.1 – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks & Pastels on paper | 24 x 18 inchesTranquil Joy – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks & Pastels on paper | 24 x 18 inches
Issue Six is now available digitally for free or $25 for a printed version.
Artists in issue six
Robert Gorchov *Cover Artist
Robert Frankel
Kevin Kemp
Dio D’Brutto
Valentina Fedoseeva
Ernest Compta
Matthew Clarke
RINA Taytu
Nicklas Farrantello
Sven Froekjaer-Jensen
Mitchell Pluto
Richard Reynolds
Gale Rothstein
Thelma Van Rensburg
Jennifer Levine
Susan Spangenberg
Emmanuel Laveau
Samia Farah
Selkie Quan
Bux Dhyne
Bill Skrips
Poete Maudit
Christy Carter
BILL _L47
Sophie Jacobs
Oshi Artist
Michael Chomick
David Sheskin
William Francis
Richard Green
Hermine Harman
“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul,” Valentina says, quoting Wassily Kandinsky.
Since Val discovered the Science of Color Therapy she continuously experiments with the healing power of colors. She realized on a deeper level the influence of colors on the lives quality.
“As for today, I use that knowledge in my paintings. Working on it I convey an emotional surge and sense of color. We know since ancient times that properly balanced colors have a mysterious effect on the human psycho-emotional state, improve our health and mood. So, I inlay the knowledge of how colors can transform a person’s life in every brushstroke. The correctly selected artwork has a permanent meditative effect which definitely will help you to find a balance and state of mind,” Valentina says.
Valentina loves to draw since early childhood. While she studied at the Art School, she was sure that creativity will always be a vital part of her life. Later she studied Interior Design where her favorite subjects were painting and art history. The mesmerizing artworks of Salvador Dali, George Braque, Amadeo Modigliani, Piet Mondrian, and Kandinsky had an indelible impact on her. Their artworks influenced more her perception of color than of style. It is harmoniously balanced both in color scheme and emotional components.
Val has a passion for traveling, as she considers it the best means for inspiration.
She was born in a small town in the place known as Bessarabia, and
from a young age, she moved from one place to another, gained experience, absorbing the charms of each of them.
At the age of 18, while her family lived in Israel, she moved to Russia, where she continued to study, meet other young artists, and share her experience.
For several years she lived in the foothills of the Caucasus on the shore of the Black Sea.
She traveled a lot and was inspired by the culture of different peoples.
Indelible impressions were received during a traveling through India where she dived into the riot of colors of the wild east. She traveled around Mexico and Guatemala exploring traditional Aztec and Mayan ornament. Great!
“I love to create something new, to experiment with styles and shapes, colors and textures. I observe how it influences the other people,” Valentina says.
For quite a long period, her choice was on soft pastels, it was a very bright wave in her life, the results were pleasing. Val started working on graphics, precise clear lines, and dot-work. This process absorbed her completely, but she didn’t want to stop there either.
Since 2017, Val lives and creates in the US. Along with the moving, acrylic paints and large canvases came into her life.
“It is like different poles of my nature, on the one hand, it is black and white graphics, clear lines and the smallest details, and on the other hand it is a colorful self-expression,” Valentina says.
Mountains and Thousands of Suns #01 | Acrylic paint on Canvas | 16 in x 20 inMountains and Thousands of Suns #02 | Acrylic paint on Canvas | 16 in x 20 inMountains and Thousands of Suns #03 | Acrylic paint on Canvas | 16 in x 20 inMountains and Thousands of Suns #04 | Acrylic paint on Canvas | 16 in x 20 in
Working with old vintage items and broken items is a thrill. Taking something discarded and giving them a new life is my passion as an Artist.
Down the rabbit hole | mixed media sculpture | 13in H x 7.5 in L x 4in WWoodlyn fairly on a toadstool | Mixed media sculpture | 10in H x 6.5in L x 4in WFantasy Flowers | Mixed media sculpture | 14in H x 5in L x 4in WFamily tree | Mixed media sculpture | 13in H x 11in L x 9in W
I spend a lot of time watching paint dry which is fine because I consider myself to be, first and foremost, a painter. Experiments in drawing led me to tear paper and arrange found objects, lifting me off the paint surface into collage and assemblage. The arrival of furniture ‘shards’ seemed a natural extension of this process and allowed me to step outside the bounds of academic art. Recovered from alleys and yard sales, the chairs, tables and dressers introduce a human element to, otherwise, complex gestures. They represent a human scale with human references: arms, feet, legs, backs, seats and so on. An anthropomorphic whisper keens behind the work.
During a year spent teaching in Japan, I visited ancient Kyoto several times and loved the wooden artifacts of rice cultivation–splintered and gray–honored in retirement, placed around the wood-and-paper houses, sometimes mounted on the exterior as decoration. The ‘Kyoto’ series with its layered wooden designs owes its origins to this memory. ‘Debris Fields’ differ in that they are created from just one fractured furniture piece, making them bolder, simpler, and more colorful.
. . . which brings us back to the paint. Except for the base coat and a rare touch with a brush, the paint is poured and sprayed; it flows and drools and cracks and oozes. You’d think it would add a chaotic element. Quite the contrary, the paint imposes order while charging the pieces chromatically and emotionally; it creates harmonies or contrasts that give depth to the human gestures.
Debris Field #12 | furniture shards, acrylic/polycrylic | 60″ x 35″ x 8″Debris Field #10 | furniture shards, acrylic/polycrylic | 51″ x 36″ x 10″Kyoto #10 | furniture shards, acrylic/polycrylic on pegboard | 36″ x 36″ x 3″Kyoto #8 | furniture shards, acrylic/polycrylic on pegboard | 72″ x 27″ x 5″
As a self taught artist I never learned the “proper” way to make art. My paintings are often inspired by mundane things such as looking at patterns of cracks on a sidewalk or the colors of sprinkles on a donut. My style ranges from geometric art to naive art. I am always looking to find my “inner child” while painting.
As a self taught artist I never learned the “proper” way to make art. My paintings are often inspired by mundane things such as looking at patterns of cracks on a sidewalk or the colors of sprinkles on a donut. My style ranges from geometric art to naive art. I am always looking to find my “inner child” while painting.
I have exhibited in a number of galleries which include Van Der Plas Gallery, 440 Gallery, SITE Gallery, and Greenpoint Gallery in New York City, La Galleria Pall Mall in London and Chie Gallery in Milan Italy. I have also exhibited in Saatchi-The other Art Fair in Chicago and will be exhibiting at the Saatchi fair later this Spring in Los Angeles.
Chicago Boogie | Acrylic on Canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5Dancing Raindrops #2 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5Colors and Curves | Acrylic on Canvas | 24 x 24 x 1.5Adventures in Geometry #4 | Acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 1.5
I like to create energy and motion by contrasting bright colors, heavy brushstrokes, and unusual shapes and textures.
Many people who view my work tell me it makes them happy. My lack of formal art training has enabled me to think and paint “out of the box” in regards to composition, textures, and colors.
I have been in a number of national and international exhibitions which include Van Der Plas Gallery, SITE Gallery, 440 Gallery, and Greenfield Gallery in NYC, La Galleria Pall Mall in London, and Chie Gallery in Milan Italy. I have exhibited at Saatchgi-The Other Art Fair in Chicago and will be exhibiting in the Saatchi -Los Angeles exhibition in Spring of this year. In 2019 I was one of twenty finalists for the Art Takes Manhattan Competition.
Geschmier #5 | Acrylic on canvas | 40 x 30 x 1.5 (inches)Geschmier #1 | Acrylic on canvas | 12 x 9 x .5Big Bang | Acrylic on canvas | 40 x 30 x 1.5Geschmier #7 | Acrylic on canvas | 12 x 9 x .5 (inches)
Thank you to every artist who submitted artwork for this giant issue of Outsider Art Magazine. Get your art ready because in January 2021 we will be releasing a new call for art. In addition to visual art we will be accepting poetry, short (very short) stories, and interesting articles about artists and their creative journey.
Artists in this Issue
WILD TYPE
Robert Gorchov
Todd Brugman
John McCabe
Robbie Gallows
Dalia Goldberg
Stefan Pruteanu
Magdalena Sikora
Samantha Sadik
Sophie Jacobs
Paulina Klimek-Cornett
Abbott Philson
Nickolai Dostanko
Matthew Clarke
Szilard Juhasz
MRSN
Pracheta Banerjee
Baili Wise
Jimmy Gockel
Nicholas Teetelli
Karen Glykys
Robert Frankel
Charles McDowell
Arne Søvik Larsen
Nicole Sullivan
Hannah Bouchard
Xavier Yarto
Mark Pol Joyce Thornbug
Ian Hartley
Margarita Henriksson
Harrison Ernst
Homer Johnson
Tiantian Ma
Kayle A. Martinez
Rocio Garcia Montiel
Brooke Mathews
Brian Simons
Oliver Quinto
Romero Pasin
Thomas Sciacca
Dawn Rettew
Erik Aleksiewicz
NPrima/Natalia Proskuriakova
Jesus Diaz
Noah Velez
Andrew Stackpole
Gwen Hallford
Barbara Redondo
Anastasiia Kruglova
Jack Oliver
Ken Berman
Monica Tiulescu
Kitty Taylor
Dio D’Brutto
Lisa Castel
I am a compulsive artist…I paint everyday because I have to!
My images are raw and intuitive. Colors harmonize in unexpected ways and exuberance often collides with angst.
Faces predominate my work, many in frontal gazes that meets the viewer head -on; faces as maps that reveal places we’ve been…or may be going.
In the words of Zorba the Greek—
I embrace everything…the full catastrophe, speaking to the human condition of joy and triumph, suffering and celebration.
Party in My Head | Mixed media on repurposed wood | 40″ x 38″Gumby | Mixed media on panel | 11.25″ x 11.5″A Day at the Beach | Mixed media on panel | 12″ x 12″The New Normal | Mixed media on panel | 12″ x 12″