{"product_id":"travelling-with-ink-sydney-opera-house-sydney","title":"Travelling with Ink: Sydney Opera House (Sydney)","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eOriginal Artwork by Jeesoo Kim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTravelling with Ink\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronological four-part architectural narrative charting an internal journey of migration, memory, and personal renewal. Rather than treating global landmarks as detached tourist scenery, Kim uses these monumental structures as personal anchors for lived experience—executed in deliberate sequence from San Francisco and Sydney to London and Paris. Working without digital aids, washes, or rulers, Kim renders thousands of tonnes of industrial steel, precast concrete, and Gothic masonry by hand using fine-nib archival fineliners on heavy Arches cotton rag. What began as a solitary technical exercise evolved into a deeply human dialogue: tracing the arc from an immigrant’s initial arrival to childhood memory, resilience through adversity, and the hard-won clarity of finding home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSydney Opera House (Sydney)\u003c\/strong\u003e is the second work in the sequence; \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"22\" data-index-in-node=\"33\"\u003eSydney Opera House\u003c\/i\u003e captures the profound sensory memory of arriving in Australia as a fresh immigrant. Confronting the vastness, cultural dislocation, and silent promise of a new continent, Kim isolates Utzon’s iconic vaulted shells in pure white negative space—deliberately omitting the harbour water to focus entirely on structural light and shadow. Layered micro scribbles trace the ceramic roof tiles and precast ribs, transforming a world-famous silhouette into a personal monument of arrival, vulnerability, and beginning anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"23\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"23\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eMedium -\u003c\/b\u003e Fine-nib archival pigment fineliners on 300gsm Arches hot-pressed cotton rag paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"24\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"24\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSize -\u003c\/b\u003e 35cm (W) × 35cm (H) unframed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"25\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"25\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFrame -\u003c\/b\u003e Sold unframed (shipped flat in archival, acid-free protective packaging). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"26\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"26\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSignature -\u003c\/b\u003e Hand-signed and dated (2025) by the artist on the front lower right; includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jeesoo Kim Original Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655303385274,"sku":"Jeesoo Kim_007","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0036\/5445\/1289\/files\/Travelling-with-Ink-Sydney-Opera-House-Sydney-by-Jeesoo-Kim-original-art-Gioia.jpg?v=1789572705","url":"https:\/\/www.gioia.com.au\/products\/travelling-with-ink-sydney-opera-house-sydney","provider":"Gioia Wall Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}