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Daiga Grantina, Kim Lim, Katalin Deér, Ilma Rakusa, Anna Zaradny

Notes on Kim Lim

“A note is closest to the sounding of a thought”––Daiga Grantina

The artist Kim Lim’s (b. Singapore, 1936; d. London, 1997) oeuvre encompasses abstract sculptures in wood and stone as well as works on paper that reflect on the interplay between art and nature. Daiga Grantina’s (b. Saldus, Latvia; lives and works in Paris) practice involves a wide spectrum of everyday materials ranging from synthetic to organic; she often inverts the outer bounds of their traditional uses. Grantina’s sculptures evince remarkable similarities and parallels with Lim’s works, especially with regard to their mutability and elasticity. Meanwhile, comparison between them also reveals considerable differences, which engender an affecting tension. 

The artists’ book Notes on Kim Lim unites six contributors to sketch a polyphonic poetic dialogue between the artist Daiga Grantina, Kim Lim’s work, the photographic voice of Katalin Deér, a cycle of poems by the lyric poet Ilma Rakusa, and a musical notation by the sound artist and composer Anna Zaradny, as well as the practice of Stefanie Gschwend, director and curator of the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Appenzell on which the book is based. Together, they articulate a compelling vision of how pictures act as bridges, mediating across vast distances of time and space.