Lot  090 Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Black Pearls II

Koh Sang Woo (Korean, 1978)

2020

Epson HDR Inkjet Print, ed. 5/8

150 x 150 cm

Estimate

TWD 480,000-700,000

HKD 131,000-191,000

USD 16,800-24,500

CNY 111,000-162,000

Sold Price


Signature

Initialed reverse KSW, titled BLACK PEARLS II, inscribed 150 x 150 cm, 5/8 FIVE OF EIGHT and dated 2020

EXHIBITED:
Evolution, Gallery NoW, Seoul, October 7-November 4, 2020
This lot is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

+ OVERVIEW

Koh Sang Woo was born in Seoul, Korea in 1978, and moved to the United States in 1994. Recognizable by the blue tone photograph that captures his subject using negative film, Koh Sang Woo is a visual artist who consolidates photography, performance, and painting. His work is a result of dialogue with the model. The Decoration of their bodies and hear with flowers and butterflies and painting them with brush strokes is a part of performance and preparation for photographing. His subjects are completely revealed, represented in their essential purity. Change of the color and the light in exposure gives them intense visual and emotional charge. Woo gives us the opportunity to see the world in reverse, to reconsider the way in which we look at others and understand ourselves.

Koh Sang Woo graduated from School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, he double-majored in Photography and Performance Art. Working in both mediums at the same time allowed him to explore the relation between captured moment and movement. He thinks that photography is lacking emotion and that its combination with performance is the only way that right message gets to the audience. Koh Sang Woo has exhibited widely worldwide and was listed in 2013 as one the 100 most important Korean contemporary artists. He has participated in various international fairs such as Armory Show, Armory Photography, Art Basel HongKong and Art Miami and works are held in various international collections including National Museum of Contemporary Art and Savina Museum in Korea.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Saturday, July 17, 2021, 3:30pm