Kim Lim: Space, Rhythm & Light Exhibition Catalogue

• Accompanies the first major UK museum survey of Lim's work in over twenty years. The Hepworth, Wakefield, 24th November 2023 to 2nd June 2024
• Kim Lim's work features in many public collections, including Tate; the UK Government Art Collection and the Singapore National Gallery

Sculptor and printmaker Kim Lim (1936-1997) had a lifelong fascination with space and its relationship with two- and three-dimensions. This important new publication explores her outstanding body of work. In a series of fascinating chapters, leading art-world specialists survey the artist's rich career and legacy across four decades. Exploring Lim's profound contribution to the development of modern British abstract art, her marginalisation in the histories of sculpture since her death is questioned. Through reproductions of Lim's work in wood, metal, stone and paper, the artist's shape-shifting oeuvre, which continually probed relationships between space, light and form, is rightfully brought centre stage. Including discussion of Lim's Asian heritage and its connection to her work, this publication is essential reading for all those seeking new perspectives on both Lim and British art history more broadly

ABOUT THE EDITOR Dr Abi Shapiro is Curator at The Hepworth, Wakefield, with a specialist research interest in post-war sculpture and its histories. She has worked on numerous curatorial projects including Hannah Starkey: In Real Life, The Art of the Potter: Sculpture and Ceramics from 1930 to Today and Sheila Hicks: Off Grid.

Hammad Nassar is a curator, writer and strategic advisor. He was co-curator (with Irene Aristizábal) of British Art Show 9 (2021–2022). Dr Wenny Teo is a lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Asian Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art. Ming Tiampo is Professor of Art History, and co-director of the Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis at Carleton University, Ottawa. Bianca Chu is a cross-disciplinary art practitioner and researcher, and a representative and strategic advisor to the Kim Lim Estate. Dr Adele Tan and Joleen Loh are curating a retrospective exhibition of Kim Lim's work at the Singapore National Gallery in Summer 2024

260 × 220 mm

128 pages

Hardback