《Deodorant Type & The Flat》, 2005, Andrew Shire Gallery & 4-F Gallery, LA, USA - GWON OSANG

Exhibitions

《Deodorant Type & The Flat》, 2005, Andrew Shire Gallery & 4-F Gallery, LA, USA

2005

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Installation view of《Deodorant Type & The Flat》, 2005, Andrew Shire Gallery & 4-F Gallery, LA, USA ©Artist

The images above show installation views of《Deodorant Type & The Flat》, an exhibition held at Andrew Shire Gallery & 4-F Gallery in 2005.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

《즐거운 하루, 오늘!》, 2017, Goyang Children’s Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Installation view of《즐거운 하루, 오늘!》, 2017, Goyang Children’s Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2017

Exhibitions

《Maison Hermes Autumn Window》, 2017, Hermès, Shanghai, China

Installation view of《Maison Hermes Autumn Window》, 2017, Hermès, Shanghai, China

2017

Exhibitions

《Relief Relief》, 2016.12.16 – 2017.02.04, Space Willing N Dealing

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

Exhibitions

《GWON Osang: The Sculpture》, 2016.11.07 – 2017.01.26, ARARIO Gallery Shanghai

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

Exhibitions

《New Structure and Relief》, 2016.07.07 – 2016.08.21, ARARIO GALLERY Seoul

There is something about the works of Gwon Osang that steals people’s glance against their will, like that of the song of Siren. As much as the temptation of Siren towards Odysseus, Gwon’s works dazzle the audience and entice them to take a step forward,

2016.07.06

Exhibitions

《RECONTEMPORARY》, 2016, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, USA

Installation view of《RECONTEMPORARY》, 2016, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, USA

2016