Choi Jeong Hwa
b. 1963, Seoul, Korea
Choi Jeong Hwa has always been inspired by everyday and recycled objects. For him, the market and junk shops are learning grounds where he draws creative thoughts. Exhibited at the first edition of Bangkok Art Biennale 2018, Happy Happy Project series of installations, are playful yet menacing. The works represent the paradoxical world of superficial happiness we live in. The guns, which are symbols of violence, are presented as bright metallic objects of parody, inviting us to look and take photos.
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Choi Jeong Hwa
Happy Happy Project: Flower Gun, 2016
Plastic gun, chrome coating, steel frame. 250 x 250 cm
ชเว จอง ฮวา
เกิด พ.ศ. 2504, พำนักและทำงานที่ กรุงโซล เกาหลีใต้
ชเว จอง ฮวา ทำงานด้วยแรงบันดาลใจจากวัตถุทั่วไปในชีวิตประจำวันและวัสดุรีไซเคิล สำหรับเขาตลาดและร้านขายเศษขยะเป็นพื้นที่ที่ทำให้ความคิดสร้างสรรค์ของเขาได้จุดประกาย และผลงานชุด Happy Happy Project นี้เคยจัดแสดงในเทศกาล บางกอก อาร์ต เบียนนาเล่ ครั้งที่ 1 ในปีพ.ศ.2561 เป็นผลงานที่ดูสนุกสนานแต่กลับซ่อนความอันตราย สื่อถึงโลกแห่งความสุขอันฉาบฉวยและความขัดแย้งในตัวเอง ปืน ซึ่งปกติเป็นสัญลักษณ์แห่งความรุนแรงในที่นี้จึงกลับกลายเป็นสีสันสดใส เป็นวัตถุที่ทั้งล้อเลียนและยั่วยวนสายตา เชิญชวนให้เราถ่ายภาพกับมัน
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Choi Jeong Hwa
Happy Happy Project: Flower Gun, 2016
Plastic gun, chrome coating, steel frame. 250 x 250 cm
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