2020 Changwon
Sculpture
Biennale

Excrement of God

Two soft chunks of hemp are juxtaposed to each other, on top of two separate canvas frames. The canvas is the two-dimensional surface on which a painting is created, while the canvas frame supports the painting. The canvas frame is not an artwork itself, but rather a supplement that completes it. It is a material that is far from being a three-dimensional sculpture. But what if there is a relief made of soft and flexible material placed on top of it? A relief is a mode of sculpture that is slightly raised above the surface. This work is a combination of low relief and canvas frames, which merely support a painting. Physically, it can be defined as a sculpture, but in concept, it is something else that is neither a paining nor a sculpture. The reason it can be considered as non-sculpture is that the two canvas frames are juxtaposed to form what is known as a shaped canvas.