Korean artist Xooang Choi received BFA in 2002, and MFA in 2005 in Sculpture, from the Seoul National University.
Distinguished for their hyper-realistic technique of portraying human bodies and their powerful metaphors contained therein, Choi’s sculptures portray facets of human relations in contemporary society exploring ontological questions about human existence and identity.
His works are hyper-realistic and surrealist at the same times: physical distortions or exaggerations are rendered with the most delicate and realistic way, expressing psychological anxiety and fragility.
“My sculpture might be seen as hyper-realism in terms of technique, however, what I express through it, is not reality itself. I distort or exaggerate reality in order to express a certain phenomenon or status.”
Emotions are manifested through deformed and imperfect bodies. “If one feels uncomfortable physically or mentally when viewing my work, I would say it worked.”
His works have been exhibited in museums and galleries in Seoul such as The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gimhae Arts Centre, Seoul Museum of Art, Gwangiu Museum of Art and the Museum of Art Seoul National University, Dukwon Gallery, Doosan Art Center, Gallery Sangsangmadang, Alternative Space Choong Jung Gak, Kwan Hoon Gallery and Gallery Espace Sol. Internationally he has been exhibited in Paris, Beijing and Singapore.
Images courtesy of Xooang Choi
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