Kim’s brick paintings challenge the viewer’s sense of reality. Although they look incredibly realistic, they are virtual representations based on the artist’s imagination. On sand-covered canvases, Kim employs shading to expertly produce the illusion of bricks, utilizing light and shadow to impart depth and texture. Shadows are essential in his work, defining surfaces, creating divisions, and giving the impression of bricks protruding or receding.Despite often being categorized as hyperrealism, Kim rejects this label. He considers his bricks to be illusions, highlighting their purpose in expressing his artistic vision. His work focuses on themes of repetition and formativity, demonstrating his skill in creating tension and balance through the repeated use of identical shapes.For the artist, the way grains of sand form bricks, and bricks come together to form buildings is similar to how cells come together to form a person, paralleling the individuals coming together to form society. Through his paintings, Kim symbolically expresses the importance of particles and humanity.