honorable mention
Dongwook Lee korea, republic of
title
Wozu
Human struggle in our life like a hell.
“Wozu” is a german word which means “what for”
This story is about ‘Collision’
As seen in the Socrates allegory of the cave, all humans are constantly struggling with their alter egos in the thin boundaries between pain and pleasure.
“Wozu” series show the states of inner collision among the scared egos which want to look away the truth but still say various voices in silent.
In an endless circle of life and death—born in and cross the water to breathe his last breath—humans have been searching for the reasons for the existence and resisted the world and self-made limitations.
Humans are often depicted as fruits fallen off the trees in the Norse mythology. Likewise, the story of Babel tower, in which the tower is reminiscent of a tall tree, seems to describe a human challenge against God as well as a desperate struggle to climb the tower to find the origin.
We, the defective human beings, live by floating the world of chaos.
The incessant questions derived from chaos might be the reason or signification of our existence.
These sentences written right after sudden awaken from sleep, opened the starting point of my work.
I reflected myself in water and there was a stranger.
I wish he disappeared tomorrow.
Lives and art works in seoul, South korea
Dongwook Lee has had critical success in both the commercial and fine art world.
Lots of exhibitions include springmastersny(2015
), Korea International Art Fair(Kiaf)(2009).
Awarded IPA (International Photography Awards) 3rd Place Winner,USA,(2014),Hariban Award Finalist, Japan,(2014),DAMprize-Contemporary Art Contest- Finalist, Milan, Italy(2014),HP(Hewlett-Packard) Turn-on Digital Award Grand Prize,(2007)
He studied and shoot photograph Single-handed.
Until his middle-30’s he take photographs for a lot of magazine(bazaar,GQ,Marie claire,Elle,etc), advertisemement(Nike,Reebok,Calvin klein,Samsung,Lg,Levi's,etc) and film poster.
His middle-30’s he held his first exhibition of works using Barbie dolls.
Sometimes his works looks like a painting, it started with his sister who was a painter.
Since then through another works using animal, he expressed human didn’t adapt to the environmental change.
Until a recent date he do works which express human keen life like a war with human nude
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entry description
WozuHuman struggle in our life like a hell.
“Wozu” is a german word which means “what for”
This story is about ‘Collision’
As seen in the Socrates allegory of the cave, all humans are constantly struggling with their alter egos in the thin boundaries between pain and pleasure.
“Wozu” series show the states of inner collision among the scared egos which want to look away the truth but still say various voices in silent.
In an endless circle of life and death—born in and cross the water to breathe his last breath—humans have been searching for the reasons for the existence and resisted the world and self-made limitations.
Humans are often depicted as fruits fallen off the trees in the Norse mythology. Likewise, the story of Babel tower, in which the tower is reminiscent of a tall tree, seems to describe a human challenge against God as well as a desperate struggle to climb the tower to find the origin.
We, the defective human beings, live by floating the world of chaos.
The incessant questions derived from chaos might be the reason or signification of our existence.
These sentences written right after sudden awaken from sleep, opened the starting point of my work.
I reflected myself in water and there was a stranger.
I wish he disappeared tomorrow.
about the photographer
1973 Born in Daejeon, South Korea.Lives and art works in seoul, South korea
Dongwook Lee has had critical success in both the commercial and fine art world.
Lots of exhibitions include springmastersny(2015
), Korea International Art Fair(Kiaf)(2009).
Awarded IPA (International Photography Awards) 3rd Place Winner,USA,(2014),Hariban Award Finalist, Japan,(2014),DAMprize-Contemporary Art Contest- Finalist, Milan, Italy(2014),HP(Hewlett-Packard) Turn-on Digital Award Grand Prize,(2007)
He studied and shoot photograph Single-handed.
Until his middle-30’s he take photographs for a lot of magazine(bazaar,GQ,Marie claire,Elle,etc), advertisemement(Nike,Reebok,Calvin klein,Samsung,Lg,Levi's,etc) and film poster.
His middle-30’s he held his first exhibition of works using Barbie dolls.
Sometimes his works looks like a painting, it started with his sister who was a painter.
Since then through another works using animal, he expressed human didn’t adapt to the environmental change.
Until a recent date he do works which express human keen life like a war with human nude
back to gallery