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Quiet Paintings at a Time of Sensory Overload

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Kim Hyung-dae, "Halo 17-0920" (2017), acrylic on canvas, 57 x 57 inches (all photos Alex Paik/Hyperallergic) LOS ANGELES — Two concurrent solo painting shows on view at Helen J Gallery offer quiet and introspective spaces for reflection. Both shows demand slow, close, in-person looking and are reminders of how radical that experience can feel amid a culture of urgency and sensory overload. For her work in In Stillness Like a Mirror , Korea-based painter Kim Mikyung uses a sparse geometric language consisting of vertical or horizontal bars, overlapping rectangles, and lines. The edges and sides

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