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P21 presents《Balance in Motion》, a group exhibition featuring seventeen artists, on view through July 4. The exhibition reinterprets the sculptural form of the mobile — developed throughout the history of Western art — through the contemporary formal languages of Korean artists, presenting a contemporary sensibility toward balance and movement. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with art advisor Minjin Chae.
2026.05.26
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PS ROY presents Gwon Osang’s《SCULPTURE CENTER 4/4》from May 1st through July 30th, 2026. The exhibition marks the final chapter of a yearlong project between the artist and PS ROY, and features a full scale rendition of an idea conceived in his earlier years and previously exhibited as an esquisse in his duo exhibition at Ilmin Museum of Art,《The Other Self》
2026.05.01
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Gwon Osang’s solo exhibition《Simplexity: AI, Humans, and Art》is presented at Everyday, Beyond the Ordinary by U+ in Gangnam, Seoul. The exhibition surveys Gwon Osang’s artistic practice, which has consistently crossed the boundaries between photography and sculpture, through the conceptual framework of “Simplexity.”
2026.01.27
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PS ROY presents Gwon Osang’s solo exhibition 《SCULPTURE CENTER 3/4》 through March 31. PS ROY is a project space operated by ROY Gallery, dedicated to exhibition programs centered on sculpture and contemporary art, with an emphasis on experimentation, innovation, and strong formal individuality.
2026.01.20
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Installation view of《즐거운 하루, 오늘!》, 2017, Goyang Children’s Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2017
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Installation view of《Maison Hermes Autumn Window》, 2017, Hermès, Shanghai, China
2017
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Gwon Osang, who majored in sculpture, has built his artistic practice by exploring methods of dealing with both flatness and three-dimensionality, beginning with photographic sculptures that materialize photographic images into sculptural form and subvert the traditions of sculpture. This can be seen in his ‘Deodorant Type’ series, which he has been developing since his undergraduate years in 1998. In this body of work, he collides and rearranges the interrelated elements of weight, volume, and surface image within the sculptural medium by reconstructing images he directly photographs into three-dimensional forms.
2016.12.16
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Many people, like me, probably heard about the Korean artist Gwon Osang from his series of photograph-sculptures ‘Deodorant Type’. In regards to the series, the artist once commented about himself as an artist who “attempts to explore a kind of light-weight sculpture” which earned him a reputation in the contemporary art scene from early on in his career. This three-dimensional sculpture made from a large number of fragmented photographic images initially gives the viewer a sense of contrast between light and weight, and contradiction of interior an exterior at a first glance. These are probably the reasons why Gwon’s works so effortlessly grab the viewer’s attention. However, it becomes clear that all of this is just a beginning Gwon Osang’s commitment to explore and contemplate on the subject of ‘sculpture.’ After much observation and understanding of his journey of creation, I strongly believe that the artist, from the very beginning until now, has been working as a ‘sculptor,’ who, even from the early on, has transcended the genre of ‘sculptural art’ and moreover is constantly exploring and challenging the two imperative themes of space and time.
2016.11.05