In Plums, Minyoung Kim transforms a deceptively familiar still-life into a dream‑shadow world, where simple fruit becomes a surreal portal into memory, desire, and unease. The painting evokes both innocence and introspection. Clusters of purple-hued plums appear suspended mid‑air, their smooth surfaces given slight cartoon-like visages that hover between whimsy and apprehension.
Symbols of lighthearted irony and underlying tension converge, these plums are at once inviting and uncanny. Their playful anthropomorphism nods to Kim’s signature “strange but cute” aesthetic.