ART WE LOVE
Kim Lim (林真金) (b. 1936, Singapore; d. 1997, United Kingdom) Day 1966 Steel 216 × 106.5 × 106.5 cm Gift of Lim Koon Teck
In Day, flat, hard steel is used to create a form of soft curves. This sculpture was originally exhibited on the roof of the now demolished Malaysia-Singapore Airlines building in Singapore. The building’s architect, Lim Chong Keat, installed Day there as a way to introduce public art to the construction when it was completed in 1967. Artist Kim Lim initially made sculptures in wood before becoming interested in how one could suggest form without expressing mass. She thus began experimenting with industrial materials such as steel, aluminium and fibreglass, and even took up an attachment with a fibreglass factory in Singapore to learn more about the material. Lim used these contemporary materials to explore the relationships between space, light and rhythm, expanding the possibilities of her practice.
On display at UOB Southeast Asia Gallery Level 3 corridors outside UOB Southeast Asia Gallery 6. 4
