| Biography | Artist's
Statement | Inventory Catalogue | Artists
Represented | Sang Won Sung
| 1965 | Born in Seoul, Korea |
| Current |
Lives and works in São Paulo |
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| Biography | Artist's
Statement | Inventory Catalogue | Artists
Represented | Sang Won Sung |
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Education: |
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1990 |
HONG IK
University, Korea |
| 1986 |
FAAP
Artes Plásticas, São Paulo |
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Exhibitions
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| 2007 |
my
contain SMALL parts, Art Beartus, Vancouver |
| 2007 |
Arteamericas,
Miami, Estados Unidos |
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2007 |
SP Arte, Pavilhão da Bienal de São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil |
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2007 |
ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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2007 |
Mezanino Galeria Thomas Cohn, Galeria Thomas Cohn, São
Paulo - SP |
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2006 |
Arteamericas, Miami, Estados Unidos |
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2006 |
SP Arte,
Pavilhão da Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil |
| 2006 | ArteBA,
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2006 |
Mezanino Galeria
Thomas Cohn, Galeria Thomas Cohn, São Paulo - SP |
| 2006 |
Alice no pais dos
maravilha, Junju Art Center, Korea |
| 2005 |
Arteamericas, Miami, Estados Unidos |
| 2005 | SP Arte, Pavilhão da Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 2005 | ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2005 |
Coletiva de artistas Galeria Thomas Cohn, Galeria Thomas
Cohn, São Paulo – SP |
| 2004 |
Arte Lisboa 2004 – Feira Internacional de Arte
Contemporânea, Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2004 |
Individual
Galeria Thomas Cohn, São Paulo / SP |
| 2003 | The
2nd Young Overseas Artists Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Korea |
| 2003 |
Premiado no Festival
de Cannes – Leão de Prata pelas obras “Legume com palito”,
Cânnes, France |
| 2002 | “Cotidiano” – Museu
da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo |
| 2002 |
Gwangju Biennale,
Gwangju, Seoul, Korea |
| 1999 |
Premiado no Festival
de Cannes, 1 Leão de Ouro e 2 Leões de Prata, pelas
esculturas “Comida de Madeira”, Cannes, France |
| 1999 |
Prêmio Editora Abril, Brazil |
| 1999 |
“Rastros, Restos e
Trajetos” – Secretaria Municipal de Cultura, São Paulo |
| 1992 | Museu de Arte de Seul, Seoul, Korea |
| 1991 | Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea |
| 1990 | “Formas de Vida” – Galeria 3, Seoul, Korea |
| 1990 | Prêmio Concurso “Novo Talento” |
| Sang’s works are somewhat popular and even kitsch, and it is woven out of almost intuitive sense of humor. In fact, humor is the most important ingredient in his pieces, where he seems to seek for playful pleasure capable of stimulating himself in his daily life. Objects easily at hand in everyday life, especially plastic dolls, are his prime material. Different objects, strange to each other, are recombined and reorganized under the principle of casual interaction, which produces in turn a strange strain. As a result, his pieces are at one time familiar and weird, casual and strained. Is precisely this tension that opens a “new dimension,” breaking the boundaries of preconceived perspective. “Plastic containers, parts of toys, doll’s arms and legs, screws… all sorts of things surrounding us in our modern daily life are what I need to make my figures. These stuffs, ordinary and with nothing special, are my favorites because they belong to my intimate environment. Plastic is my chosen material because it gives a modern flavor and a profusion of colors that no other material seems to offer. So, it relates better with the “pop dolls” that I seek to materialize.” “I’d like to distinguish my work from what is commonly taken as art under the sign of recycling. For, the objects that effectively take part in my pieces have undergone a lot of reflection and trials in different combinations. Different objects with their diversity of forms are gathered in a new kind of rendezvous bringing about a new thing, although, basically and at first sight, it is easy to say which objects are there.”
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