Whitestone Gallery Seoul is pleased to present “OVERLAID: Layered Time, Forms of Memory”, a solo exhibition by Kim Deok Han, on view from October 25th to December 7th, 2025. This presentation follows the artist’s continued engagements in Whitestone Beijing and Taipei, where he has steadily expanded his practice across both tradition and contemporary experimentation.
KIM DEOK HAN: OVERLAID - Layered Time, Forms of Memory
Seoul
2025.10.25 - 12.07
Working with ottchil—the traditional Korean lacquer—Kim constructs layers of time, memory, and existence. Through repeated coating and sanding, his works reveal strata where past and present intersect, each polished or abraded surface becoming a vessel of memory and a meditation on being.
At the heart of the exhibition is a monumental installation from the ‘DIVISION Series,’ stretching 12 meters in length and 6 meters in height, transforming the second-floor gallery into an immersive spatial experience. Sculptural works from the ‘COMPRESSED Series’ and new pieces from the ‘OVERLAID Series’ further explore the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and object, embodying Kim’s pursuit of a language where matter and spirit, tradition and contemporaneity coalesce.
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
75.0 × 75.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
75.0 × 75.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
75.0 × 75.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
75.0 × 75.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
120.0 × 98.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
120.0 × 98.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
98.0 × 120,0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
98.0 × 120,0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
98.0 × 120,0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
98.0 × 120,0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
98.0 × 120,0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
98.0 × 120,0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
120.0 × 120.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
45.0 × 45.0 cm
Sculpting Time Through Lacquer, Tradition and Innovation
An Interview with Kim Deok Han
Kim’s lacquer works resonate beyond material experimentation, using layering and erasure as metaphor and ritual to reflect memory and the passage of time. By bridging the discipline of a traditional medium with contemporary inquiry, Kim situates his work within the discourse on Korean abstraction post-Dansaekhwa while opening new paths for reimagining tradition. “OVERLAID: Layered Time, Forms of Memory” offers a rare opportunity for viewers to encounter time materialized in layered form—where presence, absence, and remembrance quietly converge.
Overlaid Series No. 25-300-01
2025
East Asian Lacquer on panel
120.0 × 220.0 cm
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KIM DEOK HAN: OVERLAID - Layered Time, Forms of Memory
2025.10.25 - 12.07
2025.10.25 - 12.07
Seoul
70 Sowol-ro, Yongsan-ku, Seoul, Korea
+822 318 1012
Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
Closed: Monday
+822 318 1012
Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
Closed: Monday