Choi Xooang
shows us the realism of the human emotion frozen in an instant. The flow of
life through polymer clay figures breathes the difficult reality we face today
if Man does not confront the outer world. Choi personifies what he feels inside
canalized by every emotion in a multidimensional way.
He works
through the whole body or a part, focusing on the intensity of sensation as he
crystallizes life filled with so much severity and darkness. His artistic
intuition suggests that Man hides behind his body but that the soul is so
powerful that skin speaks a language of its own, howling when it hurts and
playful when peaceful. However, when continuously fighting against society and
the burden of existence, the quintessence of numbed flesh dies even though the
blood flows and the heart still beats.
Born in South
Korea in 1975, Choi holds a BFA (2002) and a MFA (2005) in Sculpture from the
Seoul National University. His works have been exhibited in museums and
galleries in Seoul such as The National Museum of Contemporary.
Internationally, Choi is taking his first steps into the contemporary art world
in Paris, Beijing and Singapore.
The artist
lives and works in Seoul, Korea.
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