Koo Kang, Hyung b.1954 / Self Portrait
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about this work
Kang Hyung Koo’s portraits are not merely dedicated to significant figures of art history, but are also intended to be a sensorial experience based on an enigmatic illusion balanced somewhere between Surrealism and Hyperrealism. Kang believes that Surrealism and Hyperrealism both deliver the same sensation by providing an illusion of reality and a sensorial misguidance through persuasive illustrations that simulate reality, and can both be the product of an improvisational automatism from the artist’s psyche.

Hyung Koo Kang (b.1954, Korea)

Self Portrait, 2010

Oil on canvas
300 x 690 cm
118 1/8 x 271 5/8 in.
Provenance:
Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea Current Location:
Hong Kong - BRINK'S HK PaintingFar East

publications

Art Stage Singapore, Art Stage Singapore Fair Guide
Art Stage Singapore (Booklet), January 26 2018

ART STAGE Singapore 2018 Innovates Art Fair Concept
BLOUIN ARTINFO (Online), January 24 2018
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Park Eunju, Breaking Stereotypes of Art Investment
Forbes Korea (Online), February 23 2018
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Liviani Cinthyana, 5 Highlights From ART STAGE Singapore 2018 That You Need To Know
Indonesia Tatler (Online), January 30, 2018
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Eunju Park, Collector
Art Books (Book), November 2015, pp.330

Tan Boon Hui, Burning Desires: Hyper-Realisms and the Portraits of Hyung Koo Kang
Singapore Art Museum (Catalogue), 2011

Hwajung Choi, Hyung Koo Kang
Amario Gallery (Catalogue), 2010

Jungkwon Chin, The Punctum in Synthetic Realism
Korean Artist Project (Magazine), 2009
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