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Starting Bid - $1,800

Rendered in her signature style, this figurative piece by Ahrong Kim is a delight to behold. The sculpture features a girl in an elaborate costume that combines fashion with the natural world - tropical leaves and vibrant blooms. The figure balances an argyle teddy bear on her head, looking up and to the left with a defiant gaze. Subtle touches of gold luster can be found throughout the work, adding a material preciousness to an already precocious sculpture.

Kim's technical skill and emotional power are on full display with Prologue. Each element of the sculpture is rendered brilliantly and relates to a facet of the artists' psychological state as she grapples with life in her new chosen home in the US and works through complex relationships in her life. Viewers are invited to examine how the artists' emotions are on display and, in the process, feel more in touch with their humanity.

A Resident Artist at The Clay Studio from 2013 to 2015, Ahrong Kim earned her BFA in ceramics from Kon Kuk University in Korea in 2008. After completing her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2013, Kim received the Mima Weissman Award at the Ceramics Program, office for the Arts at Harvard. Her work has been shown in major exhibitions and she has won many prizes at art fairs around the US and internationally. Through her work, Kim aims to express emotions through a varied range of psychological states, utilizing colors and figurative form to tell a complex story.

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