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KANG, Youngho (Seul, 1970)99 Variations / Portrait of Ouroboros
Daegu, South Korea - Jeju-Do, Martianstory – MUMU 2023 - Prima edizione di 750 esemplari (First edition of 750 copies)
Full-page colour and black-and-white photographs, printed on different types of paper, in different colours and weights. Enclosed stapled booklet on red paper, with full-page photographs and a Korean text, signed by the artist in silver felt-tip pen. Texts and captions in Korean and English
Book divided into two sections, readable from both sides. Design by Seo, MIngyu
Firma autografa (Signed by the Artist)
Cm 33,4x26,1, pp. 261 Rilegato mezza tela (half-cloth binding) Perfetto (Mint)Youngho Kang has been well-known as a commercial photographer in Korea since the early 2000s.
With a unique nickname of "dancing photographer" he always plays music that suits the concept loudly when taking pictures.When working, he works as if he were performing. The result of his work, the photo, is important to him, but the work process is more important.
In 2008, he developed his unique way of working and thinking and started "99 Variations" as his fine artwork. It is a self-portrait where you look in the mirror, create an unconscious character, and take a picture. Photographing through a mirror is like excavating a mythical figure from the inner side. The contradictory relationships of "unconscious and conscious," "mirror and camera," and "myth and reality" share an ambiguous boundary in the photograph. He does not want his object to be perfect. The best work he pursues is to show the process and result.
99 Variations / Portrait of Ouroboros is his first book documenting the contradictory selves that have lived in him for the past 15 years.
€100