A windy day, mixed media, 43.3 x 28.3 x 39.4 in. / 110 x 72 x 100 cm, 2007
Becoming a book , mixed media , 110.2 x 20.5 x 59.1 in. / 280 x 52 x 150 cm.2007
Yi, Hwan Kwon says he distorts form in reference to the elongated world appearing on television when wide-screen film is broadcast.2) This shows his response to technology and attempt to deal with the contradictions of conventional sculpture, by pursuing vitality confined to stillness.3) It also implies self-confidence in reaction to given information. Figures in his work are engrossed in their own movement, turned attention away from viewers. They seem to plunge into their own world.
This is because Yi, Hwan Kwon represents figures resulting from ecological order, rather than from self-centered humanism. Three motives Yi presents in his work are an inquisitive mindset toward technology; self-confidence in pursuit of liveliness; and an ecological attitude toward representation of objects.
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