The unpublished travel photographs of Singapore-born British artist Kim Lim (1936–97) reveal the diverse reference points for her sculptures. Thus far, critical literature on Lim's practice has not yet regarded the body of photographs taken by her across five decades, largely because her photography remained a private undertaking throughout her artistic career. As ephemera relating to her sculptural making, they are essential to the way that we encounter her practice today and reveal her own approach to ‘minimalism’ outside of its burgeoning developments in Euro-American contexts. Bringing together a selection of travel and art photographs taken by Kim Lim, this essay asks what these works suggest is at stake for us now, and, specifically, the kinds of engagement that they enable with Lim's practice today.

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Kim Lim 的照片：视觉散文

新加坡出生的英国艺术家 Kim Lim（1936-97）未发表的旅行照片揭示了她雕塑的不同参考点。迄今为止，关于林的实践的批判性文献尚未考虑到她在过去五年中拍摄的照片，主要是因为在她的艺术生涯中，她的摄影一直是一项私人事业。作为与她的雕塑制作相关的转瞬即逝，它们对于我们今天遇到她的实践的方式至关重要，并揭示了她在欧美背景下迅速发展之外的“极简主义”方法。这篇文章汇集了 Kim Lim 拍摄的一系列旅行和艺术照片，询问这些作品对我们现在的威胁，特别是它们与 Lim 今天的实践的联系。