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CHEONG Kwangho (1959~)
The sculpture of Cheong Kwang-Ho differs from the starting point. Deeply rooted at the base of Western sculpture is "the fear for empty spaces(horror vacui)", which brought about the idea that human creations must have "bulk(volume)". It is the concept of "truth" against "untruth". In the 20th century, Henry Moore's Sculpture with a Hole astounded people because it literally poked a windhole in its "volume". Nevertheless, Moore's method to emphasize "untruth" could have conversely reinforced the idea of "truth". It is a matter of course that modern sculpture of korea developed by studying Western sculpture. In contrast, Cheong Kwang-Ho started to create from as non-sculpture. He sought motifs of his own idea, in his daily life and society. Characters and Leaf were chosen in this way. But that is not enough. The importance is in how to express the characters and the leaf. Needless to say, that artist had in fact already sought out the method of expression when he chose the motifs: forming the Chinese characters with brass rods, and tracing the shape of the leaf ― its outline and veins ― with copper wires. Chinese characters, though originally a hieroglyph, were established by erasing the substance of the original form, in other words, by abstraction. Therefore, each stroke of Chinese character is an untruth. Therefore, Cheong Kwang-Ho does not simply write Chinese characters with brass, but what he does is none other than to trace "untruth" with "truth". The same applies to the leaf motif, in which the framework alone, with almost all of the substance of the leaf eliminated represents something in the shape of a leaf but not the leaf itself. Hence, in the context of Western sculpture, a reversal occurs here. However, the artist probably intended a departure more than a reversal, from what had been "sculpture" in both East and West, that is, the creation of form(or volume) by carving and chiseling and assembling. 1987 College of Fine Art, Seoul National University(B.F.A) 1992 College of Fine Art, Seoul National University(M.F.A) SOLO EXHIBITION 2000 Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungju 2001 Hyundai Art Gallery, Ulsan C.A.I.S Gallery, Seoul 2003 Thomas Gallery, Munich, Germany 2004 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 2006 Paikhaeyoung Gallery, Seoul Galerie Lumen, Paris 2007 Canvas International Art, Amsterdam Galerie Lumen, Paris 2009 Seok Gallery, Daegu YHD Project, Seoul 2010 Ilwoo Space, Seoul 2013 Gallery Steph, Singapore GROUP EXHIBITION 2000 TRACE(C.A.I.S. Gallery, Seoul) The Exchange Exhibition between Korea and Japan for 21st century (The Municipal Museum of Art, Taejon) 2001 Koreanische Gegenwartige Kunst seit 1980(Hana Gallery, Kronberg) Tradition & Innovation(Presse-unt Kulturabteilung Botschaft der Republik Korea, Berlin) 2002 San Francisco International Art Exposition(Cais Gallery, San Francisco) Art Unlimited(MCH Messe Basel AG, Basel) 2003 'Moving Still Life'(Do Art Gallery, Seoul) City-net Asia 2003(Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul) 2004 Amory Show(Gallery Hyundai, New York) Officina Asia(Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna) Munjahyang(Kimchongyung Sculpture Museum) 2005 Art & Mathematics(Savina Art Museum, Seoul) Echo Beyond Time(Ewha Univ. Museum, Seoul) 2006 A Smile(Gallery Chosun, Seoul) Art/36/Basel(Gallery Hyundai, Basel) Simply Beautiful, Breath of Nature in Korea Contemporary Art (Centre PasquArt & Le Grand Jardin, Switzerland & France) 2007 Korea Now(Canvas international art. Amsterdam) Void in Korean Art(Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul) 2008 Sympony of Nature and Mystique-Harmony(Shin Art Museum, Cheongju) Delta-The Junction of Different Eyes(Daegu Culture & Art Center, Daegu) 2009 'On every border flower blooms'(Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon) 'The Commitment'(Cheongdam Gallery, Seoul) 2010 'Black & White-The Landscapes'(Leeyunsu Gallery, Seoul) 'Soft Thinking'(Lotte Gaiiery, Daejeon) 2011 Meditation of Technology(poma, Pohang) 'UNLIMITED, UNLIMITED'-14 Korean Artists(Kwai Fung Hin Gallery, Hongkong) 2012 Light;Shadow(Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju) 600YEARS OF KOREAN CERAMICS, THE DIVERSE SPECTRUM(MASP, Brazil) 2013 Korean Modern Art(Musem of Seoul Uni., Seoul) ‘white & white’(Roma Museo Carlo bilotti, Roma) 2014 ‘Pacific’(Gongju) 2015 ‘Color Pool’(Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi-do) ‘몽중애상삼색도’(Zaha Museum, Seoul) COLLECTION The National Museum of Modern Art, Kwacheon Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon Daelim Museum of Art, Seoul Sonjae Museum of Art, Kyungju Ehwa Univ. Museum, Seoul Shin Museum of Art, Cheongju Jebiwool Museum of Art, Kwacheon Jaha Art Museum, Seoul Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul Poma, Pohang Kyunggido Art Museum, Ansan |
