Byron Kim is known for paintings that are rooted in minimal
abstraction but operate on a conceptual level.

One series he has been working on since 2001 are the
Sunday Paintings. Each sky-colored field acts as a diary
entry made every Sunday. This series was inspired by
Kim's chance encounter with the writing of Chuang Tze,
an early Daoist, who wrote eloquently about the relation-
ship of the infinite to the infinitesimal. Here Kim translates
this notion into a comparison between the vastness of
the sky and his quotidian, relatively insignificant life.

The Permanent Paintings debuted at the Hosfelt Gallery
in September 2004. The material, made of pigment, wax,
and mineral oil, remains indefinitely pliable. Kim thinks of
these as being permanently alive, always fresh, remain-
ing foreverat the point of being made.