I stumbled across an article about this artist in some super fancy, expensive, foreign design magazine on the weekend. I'm kicking myself for not picking a copy up (or, at least, for not scribbling down the name of the mag). But I was wise enough to spend company time today, researching the guy online... And here's what I turned up...
Gwon Osang (b.1974 in Seoul) is a famous Korean contemporary artist. He is well known for groundbreaking works as a sculptor & gained widespread fame with his photo-sculptures. Gwon Osang takes photos of his subject in sections -- as a panoramic view of his subject -- and then models the photos in to a 3D representation of his subject. In the beginning, his sculptures were 'light' and were not molded to a solid construction, which made the sculptures very fragile. He changed up his process in favour of a more sturdy frame or structure -- which at the same time allowed Gwon more creativity with his reconstruction.
Apparently, Gwon constructs these models by memory & without his subject there to model from. Pretty freakin' amazing if you ask me!
Go to the Gwon Osang gallery for these photosculptures (series is called Deodorant Type)
Click on main photo in this post to link to interview & essay on Gwon's work.
Gwon Osang participated in an exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery this summer (ended Sept 21st -- sorry UK gang!), where he was artist in residence.
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