
A slice of summer, 2017, coated styrofoam, (320¡¿100¡¿430cm)¡¿2, Commission for the Sea Art Festival 2017
A slice of summer The sudden appearance of
the pieces of watermelon revives memories of the summer on Dadaepo Beach, a place
of rest and entertainment for summer vacationers. However, due to the
non-realistic aspect of the watermelon pieces, the authenticity and clarity of
such memories soon become confusing. Like so many
public sculptures which take extremely ordinary and everyday subjects and are installed
in the space of our lives on a completely non-realistic scale, DO¡¯s watermelon
works provide a different perception experience between familiarity and
unfamiliarity. The artist invites playful participation of the viewer and
emphasizes publicity, by creating a frame in the shape of watermelon seeds
through which the viewer can look out to the sea, or the watermelon shape into
which the viewer can put their heads in to become a part of the watermelon.
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