Photographic sculptures fuse planarity and 3D
By Kwon Mee-yoo The concept of conventional sculpture and photography is turned upside down upon within the walls of the Arario Gallery Cheongdam, in Seoul, where solo exhibition of Gwon O-sang, also styled as Osang Gwon, is taking place. Photos of a person or an animal are affixed on extruding polystyrene foam structures to create a sculpture of photographs. The subject varies from esteemed British artist David Hockney to Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan, of whose photos are torn into many small pieces to be reassembled by the creative hands of Gwon. This is Gwon’s first solo exhibition in Korea in some six years and 19 new sculptures and 15 new photo works are on display. Previously, Gwon took photos of his subjects to make photo sculptures in the acclaimed “Deodorant Type” series, but for this exhibition he used images found on the Internet. “Some of them could be better than photos taken by me, while others are poor in quality,” the artist said. “Searching on the Internet is one of the most common and fastest ways to find something, but it only gives superficial, s