After attending college, Kim was required to serve two years in the South Korean army, where he pretended to draw poorly to avoid getting asked to sketch portraits of people's loved ones.
All our thoughts are turned to his family, his wife and his two children, his friends, his collaborators Kim Hyun Jin, Boin Lee, Jean-Christophe Caurette… and his fans, for whom his disappearance will leave a great void."Īt the request of Kim's family, his exhibition at the Maghen gallery will continue in the artist's memory until Saturday.īorn in 1975 in the South Korean town of Goyang-si, Kim began sketching at an early age before studying art and design at Dong-Eui University in Busan, according to his artist bio.
Daniel Maghen, the entire gallery team, and particularly Olivier Souillé, who had accompanied him for ten years, are terribly affected by his loss. "His sudden disappearance contrasts with the immense happiness he brought us," read a statement from the Maghen gallery in Paris, where an exhibition of Kim's work is on display. The talented craftsman - who also contributed artwork to graphic novels, as well as Marvel and DC comics - held the Guinness World Record for longest drawing by an individual. Kim was known for his exceptional ability to draw intricate illustrations entirely from memory, with no references whatsoever, on large canvases with his trusty brush pen.
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