Deodorant Type: Sculptures by Gwon Osang
Deodorant Type: Sculptures by Gwon Osang
Saturday 21 June 2008 - Sunday 21 September 2008
Manchester Art Gallery
FREE
This is the first major UK exhibition for Korean contemporary artist, Gwon Osang. Deodorant Type features 14 sculptures by the artist including a number of new works commissioned by Manchester Art Gallery for the show.
Gwon Osang makes extraordinary life-size sculptures of people. He uses hundreds of photographic images to build up the surface appearance of his models, including the face, their hair and their clothes. Gwon’s skills as sculptor and photographer combine to make beautifully crafted figures with both photo-realist and surreal qualities.
As a starting point for the exhibition, Manchester Art Gallery invited Gwon to the city for a month-long residency in 2007. He spent his time in Manchester researching people and places that would act as inspiration for future works.
