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OSANG GWON
A Seoul-based Korean artist, Osang Gwon. With taking detailed pictures of a person and gluing a great number of photos together to make a life size sculpture as 3D, he challenges to deconstruct the traditional notion of sculptures.
He will unveil new structures in New York in September and publish a book for upcoming exhibition in Shanghai in November. I had an interview to him about his previous series and latest solo exhibition at Arario Gallery.
© Osang Gwon
Firstly, could you please introduce yourself?
I live in Seoul and mostly fabricate sculptures.
“River” 2015, 1,450 x 1,000 x 760 mm, C-print, Mixed media
About your a life size sculpture with glued pictures, when did you think up the special idea?
I first started to make a “Deodorant Type” (Photo-sculpture) in 1998 while I was in a collage. I would like to deconstruct the traditional notion of sculptures. I rather fabricate an easy sculpture that I can start right a way. I thought of a photographic paper as a medium.
“Aztec Pattern” 2013, 2,170 x 1,350 x 830 mm, C-print, Mixed media
What have you selected for your works as a motif? I think, as a whole, your motif seems contemporary.
Yes, it is contemporary objects. I was born and grew up in a city, so th
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Osang Gwon's "Deodorant Type" are "photo-sculptures". The artist takes photographs of a subject from many angles, prints them out, then cuts and pastes them onto carved sculptures. Osang Gwon, born 1974 in Seoul, made a BFA and a MFA in Sculpture at Hongik University. He lives and works in Seoul, Korea.