This post is not for the faint of heart, but if you are inclined to art, especially of those dark and gothic, you will be mesmerized by what I am going to show you. Choi Xoo Ang, the South Korean artist has created some of the most disturbing yet artistically brilliant sculptures. Like Francisco Goya, the young female artist is a dark master. She is known for her haunting works and hyper-realistic sculptures. Her works also reflect real world issues in Korea.
This is one of my favorite works by Choi. I purposely zoomed out the picture so this will be what it looks like from distance. From distance, it looks like a pair of wings to me, however, I have already sensed an uneasiness feeling creeping into my heart. When you come closer, this is what it looks like.
Yes, this is a pair of wings made of … flying hands!!! Of course it is only a sculpture, but Choi made it so realistic that one might think those are real hands if they see it somewhere else.
After the magnificent wings, I think one wouldn’t be surprised if the next set of picture is consisted of human heads, a whole bunch of hanging human heads. These heads have different expression on each faces. And these expressions are so lively that it seems like the heads are alive and they are having a gathering of some sort. One of the tiny head is even biting the left ear of another head, who is wincing at the surprising bite.
This is a sculpture of a young woman with a stitched back. The ribbon also shows that this woman is a gift, but to whom? To man, to husband, to this wealthy businessman, or to that esteemed politician who is undetermined to whom he should assign the next big project?
Last but not least, three women, that have a big mouth with no eyes and no arms, gossiping and arguing. What does that mean? With a big mouth, they can speak for ten days nonstop behind others back. But without eyes, they cant possibly discern right from wrong because they can only hear about the rumors. Without arms, there will be no action expected from them other than the endless gossiping and arguing.
Now, I’m thinking if my 3D sculpture project can be artistic too? Is it appropriate to be artistic, will people buy the product if its too “artistic”? Can it afford to be artistic, how much will it cost to create a spectacular sculpture like these? If possible, I would definitely recruit the help from Choi to design the sculptures, as long as she keep away her talent for darkness when working on the customer’s sculpture. I think most customers do not wish to see their heads hanging on the ceiling or their hands flying on the wall.
Images from : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/choi-xoo-ang_n_3934707.html
