Osang Gwon Exhibition

Doosan Gallery

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The exhibition features four works from Gwon’s Deodorant Type series dated from 1999 to 2010. This quantity of works may seem small, but these works tell a brief history of how Gwon’s style evolved since he started this series.

Gwon began creating the Deodorant Type series of lightweight photo-sculptures in 1998, and this has made him recognizable around the world. When he first started this series as an art student in a sculpture program in Seoul, it was an unusual turn for him to change then typical materials in the sculpture department from a heavy duty medium−a stone or a metal−to a lightweight material, such as Styrofoam, through a two-dimensional twist: photographs. It was not only a methodical transition in terms of materials, but also the traversing of two different artistic genres, photography and sculpture. His later series, such as The Flat and The Sculpture, are also part of his continuous practice of blurring and scrutinizing the very essence of materiality in art.

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Schedule

from May 06, 2010 to June 05, 2010

Opening Reception on 2010-05-06 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Osang Gwon

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