| Bookworms: A Conversation with Jukhee Kwon |
Jukhee Kwon uses
abandoned and discarded books to make extraordinary sculptures that
frequently resemble cascading waterfalls. For her, each destroyed
book—its pages meticulously cut into ribbons—takes on new life through
the process of creation and re-creation. Her recent work,
/fromthebooktothespace/, shifts its form from tree to book, from book to
tree, creating a metaphor for the cyclical relationship of life and
death, destruction and creation, nature and art.
Born and raised in South Korea, Kwon received a BA in fine art from
Chung-Ang University in Anseong, south of Seoul (2004), and an MA in
book arts from Camberwell College of Arts, London (2011). Since 2012,
she has lived and worked in Grottaferrata, a town to the southeast of
Rome. Over the last few years, Kwon has exhibited at many different
London venues, including La Scatola Gallery, Illustration Studio Space,
Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, GX Gallery, Hanmi Gallery, New Gallery, and
Barge House Gallery. She has also shown her work in Brussels, Paris,
and Anseong. In 2013–14, there was a solo exhibition of her new works at
the October Gallery in Central London...see the entire article in the print version of March's Sculpture magazine.
Red presence, 2013. Magazine paper and acrylic paint, 190 x 140 x 140 cm. Work installed at the former convent of San Bonaventura, Grottaferrata, Italy. |
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Magazine "Sculpture" - March
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