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Date: 2016

Size: 145 x 78 cm

Museum: Loewe Foundation (Madrid, Spain)

Technique: Ceramics

Trained in traditional Onggi pottery, Korean Ceramicist Sangwoo Kim specialises in creating large vessels with over-sized clay slabs. Living in both Switzerland and France has influenced his ever-evolving style guided by time-honoured techniques and intercultural impulses. This Ceramic sculpture, captures the rounded forms of Switzerland’s snow-covered Emmental mountain range. A porcelain veneer pours over the surface to represent the alpine snow. An intense polishing process then reveals the structure beneath; similar to the way melted snow exposes the hidden landscape. Conjuring up an unexpected haptic effect, the artisan reawakens the senses through his reinterpretation of European and Asian traditions.

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