창원조각비엔날레 Changwon Sculpture Biennale

The 2022 Changwon Sculpture Biennale's "Channel: The Moment When Particles Wave" prologue is to preview the meaning and purpose of the "Channel: The Moment When Particles Wave" exhibition through 11 domestic artists, open studio videos by Changwon artists, and participating artists from local art galleries and galleries.

‘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.

Through the concept of non-sculpture, I hope that many things, not only landscapes and architecture, can meet each other.

In this '2018 Changwon International Sculpture Biennale', we take over the spirit of Kim Chong young and Moon Shin, who is important in the history of Changwon sculpture.

The theme of the exhibition, < Balance of Non-Sculpting >, which combines the spirit of Non-Sculpting and the balance of harmony. In this way, we will establish the identity of Changwon sculpture with the spiritual heritage of representative art of Changwon Sculpture Biennale, and establish an opportunity for Changwon to firmly establish itself as an international sculpture city.

The theme of < The Balance of Non-Sculpting > may seem like a contradictory and paradoxical expression, but "Non-Sculpting" is a natural state that is not artificial, but a concept that pursues a state of harmony with nature to be.

In addition to formative works based on these themes, we will focus on various aspects and discourses of 'sculpture', which expands the sculptural realm of contemporary social reality. Considering the form and content, we pay attention to the expansion of expressive media and methods. In the aspect of contents, I intend to organize exhibitions mainly on discourse presentations, ie, works that include 'ideology' and 'problem raising'.

The exhibition format is divided into 'outdoor exhibition' and 'indoor exhibition', ie, sculpture park and gallery exhibition, and 'outdoor exhibition' is divided into 'permanent installation works' and 'temporary installation works'.

The exhibition of the art museum sets up a three-dimensional work and a flat work with the subtitle "exception." Special programs provide spectators with a variety of new 'attractions' in another 'extreme' form in the 'sculpture' area.

We will try to expand and extend the existing limited sculpture area and share it with the public enjoyment of art through communication with more active visitors. Furthermore, we would like to position it as a 'Global City of Culture and Art' as a 'sustainable playground for culture and arts', 'a world-sculptural city', and 'Changwon'.

'The original meaning of “Eok-Jo-Chang-Saeng (億兆蒼生),” which is numerous people, was transformed into “numerous objects created and generated with life.” Under the theme, we try to find the basic of modern sculptures from the existing objects in three dimensions. Ranging from sculptures to pottery, installation art, architecture, land art to performance art, the concept of modern sculptures that hovers the line between 3D and 4D will be presented and its possibility will be explored at the biennale.

The 2012 Changwon Sculpture Biennale is a sculpture biennial organized after Changwon, Masan and Jinhae were merged into one city to become a base city in the Southeast region. Urban integration is also a welcoming event, but it is also interesting to hold the sculpture biennial for the first time in Korea. Changwon is a place with deep ties to sculpture, and it has produced several outstanding sculptors such as tattoos, Kim Jong-young, Park Jong-bae, Park Seok-won, and Kim Young-won, and this biennial is held in this art town, doubling its meaning. While most art events are held at art galleries, this biennial will be held on Dot Island, a small marine park located off Masan. It is a marine amusement park with a beautiful scenery of various marine plants and fresh jade waves. This is an island 1.5km from the land, and it is loved as a shelter for Changwon citizens that can be reached in 10 minutes by ferry. The 2012 Changwon Sculpture Biennale will be held under the theme of 'Dreaming Island' in consideration of the characteristics of this island. Participating artists consist of 15 domestic and 5 overseas artists, and works with high formative completeness were selected through the recommendation of the general director and deliberation of the organizer. All works on display will be permanently installed at the venue. In preparation for long-term installation, works using hard materials such as stone, iron, stainless steel, bronze, and cement are the main ones, excluding one-time materials such as wood.

Symmetry is an aesthetic concept representing tattoo art, and it is a word that is widely used in the meaning of balance, harmony, relationship, unity, etc. beyond the dimension that indicates a simple geometric form of bilateral symmetry. In connection with contemporary cultural discourse, Symmetry is presented as the basis of the convergence idea pursued by the Earth's community in the 21st century.

It is an open concept that can be realized as a conceptual or abstract sculpture in various fusion forms that express the organic relationship between objects and objects, nature and humans, and spirit and matter.