May Contain Small Parts
Plastic Works by Sang Won Sung
June
1, 2007 - August 31, 2007
Opening
Reception: Friday, June
1, 2007, 3-6pm, Artist in Attendance
Art
Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd. is pleased to
present, “May
Contain Small Parts”. The exhibition features works by artist,
Sang Won Sung who uses common plastic objects, most particularly parts
from
plastic dolls, and then playfully recombines and restructures the
pieces into
humorous and comical animals, superheroes, insects, and other easily
recognized
iconic figures. The exhibition opens
with an afternoon reception on Friday, June 1 at 3pm and closes at 6pm;
the
artist will be in attendance and the public is welcome to attend.
Sang Won Sung was
born in 1965 in Seoul, Korea. He
graduated from the FAAP Artes Plastica (Fundação Armando
Alvares Penteado) in
Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1986 and then moved back to Korea to further his
education; he graduated from Hong Ik University in 1990. Since
returning to Brazil in 1994, Sang has
since had a number of exhibitions and his work has been included in
several art
fairs in Sao Paulo, Korea and Portugal. “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.”
The
artist re-works the objects he chooses into many
quirky amalgamations before a piece is ever complete and he is
satisfied, “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”.
“May Contain Small Parts”
begins Friday, June 1, 2007 and runs through to Friday, August 31,
2007. Art Beatus
(Vancouver) is open from Monday to
Friday, 10am to 6pm. The office is
closed weekends and holidays. Calling or
emailing to arrange an appointment is highly recommended.
Admission is free.
