ERIC KIM

Why I Love Abstract Art

To me, the more abstract the art work, the more YOU must exercise your brain to interpret the image!

Making your own interpretation is more fun!

I love open ended art, because it is more fun and interesting to come up with my own interpretations of that art work.

  • Abstract. Saigon, 2017
    Abstract. Saigon, 2017
  • eric kim photography-0008597 nature abstract
  • eric kim photography abstract black and white
    What is this?
  • eric kim photography hanoi-abstract
  • eric kim photography hanoi-0007483 abstract black and white
  • eric kim abstract
  • eric kim photography hanoi abstract
  • eric kim photography hanoi abstract

Art without a singular interpretation

  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • Piet Mondrian x Eric Kim
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • Eric Kim photography Bauhaus Piet Mondrian
    Piet Mondrian Vibes
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • Piet Mondrian red lighthouse by ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
    PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM
  • PIET MONDRIAN x ERIC KIM

The more we can interpret an artwork in different ways, the more likely it will last. This causes debate and intrigue.

For example the ancient Chinese philosophical text the “I Ching”has been around for so long because it is so cryptic and can be interpreted in a trillion ways. The same goes with the obscure sayings of Heraclitus.

Consider the films that get the most buzz — like “Inception”. Everyone can interpret the ending, which makes it so fascinating to debate and discuss. Same goes with moral and ethical questions. Debate, argument, and war is the birth of all good things, and the birth of creative energy.

Mexico City, 2019 #abstract
Mexico City, 2019 #abstract
Berlin, 2019 #abstract
Berlin, 2019 #abstract
Mexico City, 2019
Venice beach. Los Angeles, 2019 #abstract
Little Saigon, 2018
London, 2018
Lisbon, 2018. Shot with RICOH GR II in Positive JPEg mode, with further contrast added in Lightroom
Abstract. Eric kim Girl street photograph portrait berlin
Abstract Eric Kim Tokyo iPad Sketch with Procreate
Abstract: Tokyo umbrella, 2018
Lisbon abstract walking woman Golden triangle
Abstract Cindy. Uji, Kyoto 2017
Blue tarp abstract. Tokyo, 2017
Green abstract. Tokyo, 2017
Red abstract. Tokyo, 2017
The dance abstract by ERIC KIM
Blue triangle abstract by ERIC KIM
Triangle composition. Three subjects abstracted by Matisse, into red, blue, yellow.
Black swan abstract by ERIC KIM x Matisse
Callisto cat abstract by ERIC KIM
Blue abstract by ERIC KIM. Drawing by Matisse, woman with folded arms
Cindy abstract in bed in marseille, 2017
Abstract: Henri Cartier Bresson Seville
Abstracted depth in street photography composition. Bookend woman, far left of the frame in red. Middle ground woman on far right, in yellow. Background man in blue.
Abstract. Simple figure to ground composition. Man in silhouette in black in top left of frame against white sky.
Success abstract illustration
Cindy elevator, Dutch angle. Saigon, 2017
Abstract. Cindy walking, with diagonal line composition. Kyoto, 2017
Abstract. Cindy with hands on face. Red, Kyoto 2017
Abstract. Cindy with hand on chin. Red. Kyoto, 2017
Laughing lady abstract, 2017
Abstract. Cindy diagonal Dutch angle. Saigon, 2017
Abstract walking woman with umbrella. Seoul. 2009
Vector. Face abstract. Amsterdam, 2017
Abstracted. Kurosawa Rashomon still. Note how the blue and the white subjects are a group, because they are next to one another. Distant in another group, is the man in yellow.
Rashomon composition Abstract
Abstracted. Kurosawa Rashomon triangle composition
Randomness abstract by ERIC KIM
Lamborghini abstract by ERIC KIM
Abstract Cindy with hand. Saigon, 2017
Cindy flexing abstract
Orange woman abstract. Kyoto, 2017
Abstracted into colors. Overpass in Tokyo. High angle, looking down. Dynamic perspective composition.
Tokyo eye abstract, 2017 by Eric Kim
Abstract of the 'figure to ground' relationship of the picture.
Abstract by ERIC KIM
Abstract by ERIC KIM
Abstract by ERIC KIM
Abstract by ERIC KIM
Blue background, black tree, red leaves. Abstract by ERIC KIM
Cindy in pink, abstracted. Made with iPad and Procreate app.
Red, Yellow, Blue living room abstract by ERIC KIM
Sketch on iPad Pro and Procreate App

There will never be an ultimate truth or answer

This is what makes philosophy so fun and intriguing — there is no ultimate and singular answer to anything.

  • Yin yang
  • abstract
  • yellow abstract
  • Back muscle
  • Manhood cover. Yellow and red
  • Yellow black abstract
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson Composition Simplified GIF

Conclusion:

Make your life less literal, more open-ended and abstract!

ERIC