Ji Su Kwak

In Defeat, 2024

In Defeat

Straw, leather cut from a bag, plastic food picks
Dimensions variable
2024

Inspired by the taxidermy process, where straw is used to give shape to lifeless bodies, this work fills a piece of leather cut from a bag with straw to create the form of a collapsed creature.

동물 가죽에 지푸라기를 채워 입체감을 부여하는 박제 과정에서 영감을 받아, 가방에서 잘라낸 가죽 조각에 이를 채워 넣고 쓰러진 생명체처럼 보이도록 연출했다.

Exhibition view of LAST STRONGHOLDS at Woosuk Gallery, Seoul National University, Korea