A moir in images from the iconic South Korean Sally Rooney illustrator and author of Starry Night, Blurry Dreams.pbrDepression and creativity, love and family, books and music: this personal and vulnerable moir by the iconic South Korean illustrator explores her life from the ages of seventeen to thirty-three through image, text and poetry. From what nearly broke her to what saved her, everyone will findbrsomething to comfort th in Henn Kim's world.pEverything I feel from reading and listening to music pI commit to paper in black penbrAnd gradually, blot by blot, stroke by stroke,brA new mode of expression erges.brAt this point, it's just scribbles in a diarybrNot yet reborn as 'Henn Kim' of the futurep
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Henn Kim
A moir in images from the iconic South Korean Sally Rooneybr illustrator and author of Starry Night, Blurry DreamspRights Sold
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US; Chinese Simple; German ; Italian ; Latvian; Portuguese; Spanish; VietnameseBook Details
Bloomsbury Publishing October 2023 Hardback, 164 x 155 '16.99 448 pagesAbout the Author
Henn Kim was born (1982) and raised in Ulsan, South Korea where she lived until she was 18. After moving to Seoul at 19, she focused on music and art, and often designed cover art for indie bands in Seoul. She worked at a design company as a graphic designer, but decided to follow her own path as an illustratorartist and has been following her dream since 2015.p Since then, her work has been commissioned by the BBC, UNICEF, Nike, Bottega Veneta, Snapchat and TED, featured in GQ, The Big Issue, Vogue and on book covers, and exhibited in Hong Kong and Korea.p
