South Korean visual artist Kim Sang-bae, who has lived in Al Khobar since 1990, revealed details of his long artistic journey with the Kingdom, emphasizing that his works focused on documenting Saudi nature, deserts, palm trees, and social and cultural customs in a distinctive artistic style.

In a video report aired by Al Arabiya, Kim said that the art scene in the Kingdom has seen a remarkable change over the past decades, noting that most visitors to his exhibitions in the early 1990s were expatriates from Europe and the United States, but recently he sees many young Saudi men and women.

He added that his interest in the Middle East began years before moving to the Kingdom, explaining that he first became acquainted with the region in 1978 when he documented a scene published in National Geographic magazine in his own artistic style.

The Korean artist confirmed that his passion for the Middle East increased after arriving in Saudi Arabia, where he found an environment rich in visual and human diversity, beyond the stereotypical image that limits it to desert and sea.

Kim Sang-bae spoke about his journey with the Kingdom, explaining that he first visited Saudi Arabia in 1985, then returned to the Korean capital Seoul for two years, before coming back to the Kingdom in 1990 for official residence.

He noted that his family members joined him a year after he settled, saying: 'I visited the Kingdom in 1985, then returned to Seoul for two years. I visited again as an official resident in 1990, and a year later my family came to settle with me in Saudi Arabia. I have two daughters and one son; they all returned to Seoul, got married, and settled there, so only my wife remains with me here.'

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