Exhibition Information

Exhibition view

Exhibition view

			Amado Art Space presents Incidental Memory: Unearthed, a solo exhibition by Bangjoo Kim, on view from October 31 (Fri) to November 30 (Sun), 2025.

Several years ago, Kim found himself confronted with a house filled with countless objects—things gathered without a clear purpose or pattern. Suddenly placed before him, the sheer number and ambiguity of these items were overwhelming. During that time, he faced the frailty of his father’s declining body, the disarray of the objects that surrounded him, and himself, caught in the act of caring for them all. It was not a matter of “understanding,” but rather of carrying through what could no longer be reversed.

Through this process, Kim began to trace, however faintly, the once “giant-like” presence of his father, the objects, and the events entangled around them. He has come to accept that all of this, those moments and matters, were simply what had “just come to be,” occurrences beyond his will or intention.

At the end of that time, Kim chooses to place them back into, not in their place of origin, but here, in this space and moment. The objects remain unclaimed by purpose or meaning, laid out as they are, perhaps ready to find their way toward someone, somewhere, or something beyond the exhibition. In this sense, the exhibition becomes a site or a passage through which the act of release takes place once again. Staying within this space, Kim seeks to let go of and share what has been given to him, what continues to constitute his being. Perhaps, with you as well.