Vacation
- Strictly limited edition - Only 30 copies
- Stretched and compressed - Young man in swimming trunks
- World-famous sculptor from South Korea
- Visually captivating
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Features and Remarks
The signature of the artist Yi is the distortion of everyday reality: ordinary people going about their business in his native South Korea.
Here we see a young man relaxing in his swimming trunks, enjoying his free time. With his arms behind his head, he is dozing on a white lounger. The red swimming trunks with their floral ornaments contrast beautifully with the otherwise naked body of the figure.The lifelike hand-painted sculpture immediately captures the viewer's gaze. As we move through the room, the distortion of the proportions inevitably irritates us. We sense that something is wrong and begin to search for the supposed mistake.
„My works are a juxtaposition of ordinary people and powerful images. The works attract attention because they arouse curiosity and create illusions.“
Yi Hwan-Kwon
Informations about the artwork
| Category | Plastic |
|---|---|
| Farbwelt | Kühl & klar |
| artist | Kwon, Yi Hwan |
| year | 2017 |
| Title | Vacation |
| size 1 | 9,8 x 81,0 x 40,0 cm |
| material | Fibre-reinforced plastic, hand-painted, loose on a white acrylic glass base |
| edition | 30 copies, here No. 2 |
| signature | Numbered and signed on the reverse: 2/30 Yi Hwan Kwon |
| publication | - |
| Provenance | Gallery Yeh, SeoulPrivate Collection Germany |
Information about the condition
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The Plastic is in a very good condition Minimal surface marks. |
Information about the artist
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Yi Hwan-Kwon (이환권) was born in 1974 in Seoul, South Korea. Yi received his B.F.A in 2001 and his M.F.A in 2004 in environmental sculpture from the College of Fine Art at Kyungwon University in Seongnam, now part of Gachon University. The Korean sculptor is known for his mesmerizing sculptures that create a surreal spatial illusion by stretching and distorting realistic figures. His approach usually consists of reproducing photographs, which he has previously distorted using a computer, in three dimensions. He usually works with fiber-reinforced plastic and resin, which is painted by hand. Yi Hwan-Kwon received the top prize at the Suwon World Cup Stadium Young Artists Outdoor Sculpture Competition in 2002 and the Excellence Award at the World Ceramic Expo Young Artists Outdoor Sculpture Competition (2001). Numerous exhibitions have been dedicated to him in South Korea and around the world, e.g. in Hong Kong, Singapore, New York and London. The artist's works began to attract the attention of collectors in the second half of the 2000s and fetched tens of thousands of dollars at public auctions. |
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