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Art Mo Macao 2014
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Sweet Monster, 40x150x40(h)cm, image sculpture, pigment print, 2013
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JANG Seunghyo (1971~)
Jang Seunghyo's work takes a structure whose forms and images are dictated by his old memories in different places.This highly personal figurative sculpture is just as likely to take inspiration from the images of internet, magazine, or snapshot. However, it is not an easy quotation. It speaks of familiarity that provides a starting point for his works to acquire new identities suffused with ambiguity. Jang‟s work transforms the two-dimensional into the three-dimensional in order to construct more scientific and spiritual notions of identity.The process of collecting images is reminiscent of recollecting memories.According to the artist,the accumulation of multi-layered images is actually“a kind of dedicated performance to visualize affection toward a woman.”Very personal. But the collaged photographs of his daily experiences act as common areas of recognition that ground his work in a shared reality, igniting unconscious associations in the viewer.The result is a rich infusion of individual memories and collective associations. Never intended to represent a specific story, his work occupies a gray zone. It is the zone of reinterpretation. Numerous fragments of plastic and photographs have metamorphosed into a hybrid being that challenges pictorial convention and stretches possibilities of mixing fragmented memories into a single entity. Presenting a cacophonous composition of mechanical rigidity and organic fluidity, Jang‟s new photo sculpture shows inventive negotiation between geometric abstraction and anatomical figuration.The abstract qualities in figuration and figurative qualities in abstraction are interwoven to create the unprecedented structure of images. Images become solid like muscles while structures become floating like images.The use of highly artificial combinations of shimmering, curvaceous cuttings makes his work look closer to a futuristic illusion, which adds materiality to images and very contemporary look to his work. Education 2014 Ph.D candidate in Sculpture, HONGIK University, Seoul, Korea 2008 M.F.A in Sculpture, NEW YORK University, New York, NY, United States 2001 M.F.A in Sculpture, HONGIK University, Seoul, Korea 1997 B.F.A in Sculpture, HONGIK University, Seoul, Korea Selected Solo Exhibition 2014 Chocolate Fantasia, Gallery by Harbour, Hong Kong 2008 Dedicated Performance– Art Space H, SEOUL, KOREA 2007 APOLLO & DAPHNE– 33 BOND GALLERY, NEW YORK 2004 KOREAN 12 MUSE – SEJONG CENTER, SEOUL, KOREA 2003 RED DOTGABI – CAR PARADE IN SEOUL, SEOUL, KOREA Selected Group Exhibition 2013 art:gwangju:13 Colours of HK – GANAINSA ART CENTER gyeonggi museum of modern art Art Show , Busan, Korea. White Block , Paju , Korea 2012 A Landscape , Interalia, Seoul, Korea KIAF – COEX, Seoul, Korea Constructive chair – Nampo art museum,Jeonranam-do, Korea Korean Eye - The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Spoon Art Fair, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, Hong Kong Korean Eye, Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates Art Beijing, Beijing, China Korea Tomorrow, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Korean Eye, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York, US International Sculpture Festa 2012. Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea 2011 Interalia 2008-2011, Interalia, Seoul, Korea Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul Museum of ART, Seoul, Korea 14th International sculpture symposium in Icheon, Icheon, Korea Fashion into ART_VOGUE , Shinsegae,Seoul, Korea Paranoid Scene, Interalia, Seoul, Korea Collaboration MLB HISTORY BAND , Busan Centumcity , Seoul Timessquare, Busan, Seoul, Korea Art Beijing, Beijing, China Korea Tomorrow, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Korean Eye, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York, US 2010 Collage of Memory, Soka Art Center, BEIJING, CHINA ArtForte,Gana artGallery,SEOUL,KOREA New Landscape, Salon de H, SEOUL, KOREA Imaginary Scene, Cais Gallery , HONG KONG Hong Kong Art fair, Cais Gallery , HONG KONG lack of being, INTERALIA, SEOUL, KOREA The Moment, 63SKYART, SEOUL, KOREA Awards 2003 Chungbuk provincial governor‟s Citation – 2002 OSONG International Bio Exposition 2002 The Minister of Culture andTourism‟s Citation 1997 The 1st Open air Sculpture Award, GRAND PRIZE -The Minister of Culture andTourism‟s award The 8st The Korean Figurative Sculpture Award, specially selected Collection Korean national science museum The museum of Buddhist art O-song international bio exposition center The gallery Art-space H Hong-ik university Private collections |
