The theme of this Biennale is "Non-Sculpture - Light or Flexible", the term "non-sculpture" chosen for this event was influenced by three different aspects.
‘Self-denial’ ‘Self-reflection’
Firstly, it is derived from the model that Art historian Rosalind E. KRAUSS uses to address two concepts: ‘not-landscape’ and ‘not-architecture’ which explore the way landscape and architecture meet sculpture and vice versa, in her essay “Sculpture in the Expanded Field” (1979). Having adopted this approach, yet conversely, I’ve transformed her semiotic methodology so that the term non-sculpture is understood as a term for the “self-denial and self-reflection” of sculpture.
‘Non-sculptural experiment for sculpture’
Secondly, I adopted the phrase ‘non-sculpture’ which appears in the essay “The origin of my non-sculpture” (1980) written by renowned Korean sculptor Seung-Taek LEE. According to his essay, the term ‘non-sculpture’ was chosen by Lee to rebel against the legacy of Western modern sculpture and at the same time to clarify his experiment “Non-sculptural experiment for sculpture”.
‘The origin of my non-sculpture’
Finally, this term is widely applied to illustrate the aesthetic of non-materialism in the East.
Theme
Configuration
Commentary
Non-Sculpture
Main concept
Self-reflection and self-denial of sculpture Neutralization strategy Reflection on pluralistic sculpture
Light
Supplementary concept 1
Form of non-sculpture "Anti" large sculpture like monument "Anti" hard and rigid sculpture
Flexible
Supplementary concept 2
Content of non-sculpture Focusing on the process rather than the result Incompletion towards completion
Through the concept of non-sculpture, I hope that many things, not only landscapes and architecture, can meet each other.
