Last chance to see Kim Yong-Ik’s partner exhibition at @kccuk closing this weekend. Kim’s use of the omnipresent polka-dot, perhaps his most distinctly recognisable visual trait, calls into question the very foundations of painting – the canvas. Transcending the physical limits of the canvas, the artist encompasses the gallery’s architecture as part of his painting, thus challenging the role of the canvas as a necessary base for the image. These paintings provide the focal point for KCCUK’s exhibition, which sees new site specific works engage directly with the exhibition space. #KimYongIk ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ until 4 November 2017 at Korean Cultural Centre UK, London. Image courtesy KCCUK. Kim Yong-Ik's exhibition at Spike Island continues to 17 December 2017. #painting #kccuk http://ift.tt/2hn1t31

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#Repost @amymaemakes "Kim Yong-Ik at @spikeisland today. I got really into this exhibition. Witty and poignant. Art that laughs at itself and is stunning. More of this please!" http://ift.tt/2yeAEbB

Bring Your Baby Tour of Kim Yong-Ik's exhibition, 7 Nov https://buff.ly/2ybEUsk Best suited for parents and carers of under one year olds

Please be aware Cumberland Road is closed this weekend http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/new-metrobus-bridge-works-close-677669 … We recommend an autumnal harbourside walk or cycle, or hop on a Bristol Ferry ⛴️to visit us! http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/new-metrobus-bridge-works-close-677669

'...the Spike Island show is a superb introduction to an artist few English viewers will know.' Kim Yong-Ik, ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid' reviewed by Tim Smith-Laing for frieze https://frieze.com/article/kim-yong-ik

Kim Yong-Ik’s exhibition at Spike Island begins with his early works from the 1970s and shows the development of the artist’s increasingly experimental and individualised language through the 1980s, as the artistic scene in Korea became ever more polarised between a so called ‘people’s art’ — socialist and populist — and the avantgarde. #KimYongIk #SpikeIsland #obliquelines Image: Kim Yong-Ik, Oblique Lines (1983/1984) Ink, pen on paper. Installation view, Spike Island. Works courtesy the artist and Kukje Gallery, Seoul. Photograph by Stuart Whipps. http://ift.tt/2zITMf0

Spike Island seeks an imaginative, energetic and engaged contemporary art curator (maternity cover) https://buff.ly/2l850Xi

Don't miss our next artist talk with Aikaterini Gegisian https://buff.ly/2gyb21N Gegisian lives and works between England and Greece. She was one of the exhibiting artists at the Armenian Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, which received the Golden Lion for best national participation.

Opportunity to perform for #Echoes by Young In Hong http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/blogs/2017/10/20/opportunity-perform-echoes/ … Open to musicians/performers at any level

Kim Yong-Ik celebrates the evolution of his works, writing short notes on them to record these changes. Many of these writings have been translated and written on the gallery walls. Visit his current exhibition ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ until 17 December 2017 (free entry) #KimYongIk #SpikeIsland #Bristol Photograph by Stuart Whipps http://ift.tt/2yW3kWR

Kim Yong-Ik’s exhibition includes a range of his polka dot paintings from the 1990s, including ‘To Spike Island’ (2017), a reworking of an existing piece. Kim revisits his works repeatedly, painting over old canvases or leaving them outside to allow them to weather and age. He welcomes marks, stains and accidental damage. A way of rejecting the immaculate surfaces of modernism, Kim celebrates the evolution of his works, writing short notes on them to record these changes. Many of these writings have been translated and written on the gallery walls. #KimYongIk #SpikeIsland #Bristol #Paintings Courtesy the artist and Kukje Gallery, Seoul. Exhibition in partnership with @kccuk. Photograph by Imogen Bastone. http://ift.tt/2yv5vgY