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The solo exhibition of horse sculptures
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Jan 23rd 2014, 07:59

2014-01-23 16:59 Shanghai Daily




The solo exhibition of Korean artist Kim Seon Gu well echoes the coming Chinese zodiac year of Horse, as the theme in his sculptures is also horse.


After three years of preparation, Gu is now showcasing nearly 30 of his sculptures in bronze at Levant Art.


Frankly speaking, today it is not so popular for a sculpture to carve his works into bronze, either due to the cost or transportation.


"But in my eyes, bronze is a perfect media to reflect the power and strength radiated from the horses," Gu said.


The artist clearly remembered the first time that he saw a running horse in a movie with his father when he was only five.


"I was fully taken by it, how beautiful and amazing a creature at that time in the eyes of me," he recalled.


So when Gu embarks on his art path, he chooses horses to be his eternal subject.


Most of his works feature a rider in different poses on a running horse, when asked whether the rider is himself, the artist gives a smile.


"No, it is not a story about control and being controlled," he said, "I put a figure on the horse, just because I need a symbol to reflect the power and energy of the horse through such a figure in art."


For example, one piece titled "Queen's Chair" featuring a running horse on a chair, according to the artist, implies the man's ambition and desire to conquer the world, and certainly may even the world of a queen.


"But I am not a horse rider, the only chance for me to sit on a horse is during my trip to the Inner Mongolia," he said, "However, I do attend many horse racing competitions in Korea to capture the movement and posture of a racehorse."


Date: Jan 19, 2014 - Mar 15, 2014


Time: 10am-5:30pm


Venue: Shanghai's Levant rt Gallery


Address: 1/F,107 Huqiu Rd





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