Chigyu Kwon

Works
Overview
A sculptor who blurs the boundaries between humans and nature through his organic stainless steel sculptures inspired by the forest. His works convey a deeper understanding of the natural world, promoting healing and significance in urban landscapes.

Chigyu Kwon is a Korean sculptor who creates works inspired by the forest and the resilience it embodies. His sculptures blur the boundaries between humans and nature, using organic forms made of stainless steel to create a sense of lushness and urbanity. Kwon's pieces convey a deeper understanding of the natural world beyond a superficial forest made of just branches and leaves, creating works that evoke relaxation and contemplation.

Kwon believes that plants are essential natural objects that provide life through oxygen and convey existence through their structure. The forests they form are a resilient part of urban landscapes that promote healing and significance. His works celebrate life while transcending their artificial landscape. Kwon is the Vice President of the Korean Art Association, Chairman of the Sculpture Division of the Korean Art Association, and a Professor at Sungshin Women's University. His work is widely collected and displayed throughout Korea.

Biography
Chigyu Kwon
Chigyu Kwon's sculptures celebrate resilience and blur the divide between humans and nature, using organic forms made of stainless steel to showcase the lushness and urbanity of forests. His works explore the significance of plants as natural providers of life and announcers of existence, and promote healing and understanding of the natural world.

Chigyu Kwon presents works within the setting of a forest, of themes saluting resilience following the exploration of existence and desire. His sculptures blur the conflictual divide between humans and nature. Using fresh and organic forms made of stainless steel in a marriage of lushness and urbanity, multiple layers give his works depth, a sense of relaxation, and an understanding of the natural world that is more than a superficial forest made of only branches and leaves.

 

He asserts that plants, as natural objects, are providers of life through their oxygen and announcers of existence through their structure. The forests they form are a resilient, key part of urban concepts, functions, and structures that promote healing and feelings of significance. Each piece celebrates life while transcending its artificial landscape.

 

Kwon is Vice President of the Korean Art Association. He is also Chairman of the Sculpture Division of the Korean Art Association and a current Sungshin Women's University Professor. His work is collected and displayed all throughout Korea.
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