Title: The Flat 4
Size: 120x150cm
Osang Gwon
The Flat is a series of still lifes in which the artist creates a three-dimensional structure using cut outs of jewellery from glossy magazines. By sticking them onto a pin and placing images according to scale, Gwon creates a sculptural installation. The final procedure involves capturing the installation with a camera, thus rendering it in two dimensions and returning these simulated objects of desire to their original form. Interested in how taste is mediated through magazine imagery, Gwon’s photographs appear to both celebrate and interrogate our relationship with consumerism.
Artist Background
Korean born artist Osang Gwon is represented by south London gallery, Union.
Although widely exhibited and collected in Asia, his work is only now being seen in the UK.
Gwon works between the fields of photography and sculpture, playing with representations of reality and truth in both media by creating photographic sculptures and sculptural photographs.
- Other Works by this Artist
- The Flat 10
- The Flat 12
- The Flat 3