Kibong Rhee's fog-shrouded landscapes evoke an air of mystery, a world where reality and illusion intermingle. His vignettes appear suspended in an in-between state, either materializing or disappearing. Rhee’s paintings do not aim for perfect representation; rather, they question the very possibility of it. The artist seeks to convey the incomplete nature of the world, opening up a philosophical space to explore what cannot be fully articulated.

The title of Recto and Verso aptly captures this liminal sense of temporality. The unopened left page (verso) of a book and the right page (recto), soon to be part of the past, suggest a space where the future carries traces of what came before.

Kibong Rhee has official representation by Tina Kim Gallery since 2006.