Seongsan Art Hall

Michael Dean, LOL Garden of Delete, 2024, reinforced concrete and paper, dimensions variable
Michael Dean, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(working title), 2021, concrete, steel, 179 × 52 × 62 cm
Michael Dean, Garden of Delete floor writing (part of ‘N’ of ‘sad bones’), 2015, concrete, steel, mixed media, 179 × 52 × 62 cm
Michael Dean, Grey Tongue Slabs with Red Can Garden of Delete floor writing (part of ‘W’ of ‘with sticks’), 2021, concrete, steel, mixed media, 90 × 50 cm
Michael Dean, Steel with Concrete hands Garden of Delete floor writing(part of ‘O’ of ‘and stones’), 2021, concrete, steel, mixed media, approx. 150 × 100 × 75 cm
Michael Dean, Untitled, 2019, concrete, steel, mixed media, approx. 179 × 85 × 45 cm
Michael Dean, xx xxx xxxx xxx xxx xx xx xx xxx, 2021, concrete, steel, 178 × 53 × 59 cm
Michael Dean, Garden of Delete, 2016, concrete, steel, mixed media, 180 × 43 × 42 cm
Michael Dean, Garden of Delete, 2016-2017, concrete and steel, 150 × 90 × 40 cm
Michael Dean, Garden of Delete(Tongue), 2016-2017, concrete, mixed media, approx. 70 × 45 × 35 cm
Michael Dean, (UNTITLED), 2024, perfect bound paperback book, 18 × 15 × 4cm

Rather than being read as words, Michael Dean’s sculptures function as to linguistic elements, which in turn leads to associative linkages with yet more words. Part of the artist’s ongoing Garden of Delete series, LOL Garden of Delete is a variation created by Dean while keeping the title of the Biennale — silent apple — in mind. His work is characterized by recurring references to the human body, including body parts like tongues, arms, legs, and fingers. The word LOL (laugh out loud), written vertically in the exhibition space and facing the sunlit windows, is laid horizontally on the floor through the casting of its own shadow.

Courtesy of the Barakat Contemporary, Commissioned by the 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2024