top of page

visual study for veiled in black: reinterpreting sculpture through concealment 

2025

oil pastel, tape on paper, 53 x 86 cm​​

​​​​​​

​​​

Connecting to the Museum’s Existing Collection:

 

Georg Kolbe’s Verkündigung embodies a tension between modernism and the human form. By temporarily wrapping the sculpture in black, the work reconfigures its form and weight, shifting it from a static relic into a living presence. This gesture suspends visibility in order to intensify perception, inviting a renewed dialogue between the sculpture, its space, and its time.

​

The intervention reflects my ongoing interest in how visibility, absence, and spatial tension reconfigure the ways we engage with historical forms.

​​

​

unlike fabric, which is symbolic and cultural, black film is reflective and resistant — absorbing light instead of breathing it.

​​​

​

​​​​​

​

​​​​

previously researched concept at mies van der rohe pavilion, barcelona – der Morgen, oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm​​​​​​

​​

​

​

Building upon this previous study, this proposal envisions a site-specific intervention at Georg Kolbe Museum, reinterpreting its sculptures within a contemporary framework.

veiled in motion – Tänzerinnen-Brunnen, water color, tape on paper, 70 x 100 cm​​​​​​

​

​

veiled in motion – Verkündigung, water color, tape on paper, 70 x 100 cm​​​​​​

​

​

Impressum     Datenschutz    

|      Perceptual Structuralism™ — introduced by the artist in 2025

Instagram & LinkedIn presence structured as observational extensions of the framework.

© 2025 Yeonsu Lim. All structural elements are operate within ethical and structural frameworks.

​

All poetic structures on this site are authored by the artist, and co-designed through lived structural events. Reference or reproduction without direct ethical engagement and acknowledgement falls outside the intended framework.  

​

The introductory poetic structure serves as an ethical and legal threshold of the framework.

  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
bottom of page