Construction or deconstruction-the vacancy of illusion | polyvinyl acetate resin, urethane foam, steel full theads bolt, acrylic paint the installation size, variable 2021

As reminiscent of old intertwined trees, this sculptural installation poses a series of questions; how we look at and perceive natural phenomena and experience them. The object represented in painting or sculpture is a part of the illusion that resulted from artificial manipulation or reconstruction. For example, if the artist expresses nature, it should be viewed as a part of the illusion mixed with natural phenomena rather than following natural phenomena as it is. The depicted object is a result of constructing another model for nature upon what we imagine. At the same time, it represents the combination of the artist’s experience and sensibility, and either materialistic or non-materialistic traits of substances. In that way, I locate the object in the gap between a certain stereotype through our experiences and illusion.

Seung Wook Sim (1972~ )

Contemporary Artist

Instagram: @simseungwook

2007 The school of the Art institute of Chicago MFA Sculpture, Chicago USA

Exhibitions, Collection, Awards, Activities

2021 Playground everywhere and nowhere, Gallery Royal, Seoul Korea(Solo)

2015 Between Absence & Presence, ARTSIDE Gallery, Seoul Korea(Solo)

2014 Construction & De-Construction, Culture Station Seoul 284 RTO, Seoul Korea(Solo)

2021 The war of the world, but Siesta, Sueño 339, Seoul Korea(Exhibition planning, Group)

2020 Black milk of dawn, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul Korea(Exhibition planning, Group)

2018 Gangwon International Biennale (The Dictionary of Evil), e-zen, Gangneung Korea(Group)

2017 Ugly as Art Museum of Art, Seoul National University (MOA), Seoul Korea(Group)