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418:, Cumberland House Museum, Portsmouth; touring to Worcester; Leeds; Swindon; Hull; Walsall; Oldham; Plymouth; Leamington; Accrington; King's Lynn; Lincoln; Stafford; Bolton; Doncaster; Sunderland; St. Ives; Southampton; Stockport; Kidderminster; Mansfield; Derby; Birkenhead; Falmouth; Folkestone; Cheltenham; Norwich; Reading; Brighton; Lincoln; Southend, 1967–70.
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While Kim Lim was well-known and respected among artists and collectors during her lifetime, her work has been slow to be recognized internationally. Contrary to the popular assumption that
Turnbull influenced her, close friends and family—such as their son Alex Turnbull and artist Tessa Jaray—have
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in 2020, 'her determination to leave
Singapore, a home and a life path that was comfortable and without risk, for London, and her eventual absorption into and of her new home, reveals a mutability and elasticity characteristic and constitutive of her artistic practice.'
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wooden and stone-carved sculptures that explore the relationship between art and nature, and works on paper that developed alongside her sculptural practice. Lim's attention to the minute details of curve, line and surface made her an exponent of
233:. During these travels, the artists engaged with artist communities in America, 'notably Abstract Expressionists such as Mark Rothko, but also embedding themselves in the cultures of the Middle East, East, and Southeast Asia.'
694:, University Gallery and Firstsite at the Minories, Colchester; touring exhibition organised by University of Essex, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, Lambeth Chinese Community Association and Firstsite, Colchester, 1995.
164:(1975) is one of the sculptures that exemplifies these characteristics, showing the artist's interest in balance, colour, form and her concept of 'less elaboration and more strength'. Her stainless steel sculpture,
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suggested that the exchange for creativity was mutual. As Bianca Chu writes in Ocula
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222:(1989; London, Tate), the marble has been carved with incised lines and textures so that the stone both seems to be worn by the sea.
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Felicity Samuel
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Nagaoka Prize Exhibition, Nagaoka Museum, Japan, 1967.
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Mostra Mercato d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, 1968.
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286:, London, 1977. (temporary 'print' exhibitions)
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1116:"AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX TURNBULL ON KIM LIM"
514:Print Biennale, Ljubliana, Yugoslavia, 1981.
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1102:An Interview with Alex Turnbull on Kim Lim
911:Tan, Eugene; Storer, Russell, eds. (2018).
807:. CASS Sculpture Foundation. Archived from
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168:(1971–72), has been seen as an instance of
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1282:Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
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1203:"Selected Group Exhibitions | Kim Lim"
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913:Minimalism: Space. Light. Object
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787:"Kim Lim | Artist Profile"
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