Ji Su Kwak

Peeing Dog

Wire, paper, tape, hose, cable wrap, cable ties, tinsel, dog fur, fabric, sticker
90 × 125 × 70 cm
2026

철사, 종이, 테이프, 호스, 매직케이블, 케이블타이, 모루, 개털, 천, 스티커
90 x 125 x 70 cm
2026

Peeing Dog draws on childhood memories of a dog who was often scolded for urinating on the lawn because of the common belief that female dogs’ urine damages grass. In the sculpture, however, she lifts one leg like a male dog, almost as if deliberately repeating the very act that once got her into trouble. The wounds on her body recall that punishment, while the human features in her face bring the dog’s experience closer to a human one. By giving a female dog a posture typically associated with males, the sculpture turns the very reason for her punishment into something absurd. She may not be able to escape the rules imposed on her, but she can still bend them, challenge them, and turn a once-forbidden act into a small gesture of defiance.

〈오줌 누는 개〉는 어린 시절 함께 지냈던 개에 대한 기억에서 출발한 조각이다. 암컷 개의 오줌이 잔디를 태운다는 속설 때문에, 개가 잔디밭에 오줌을 눌 때마다 아버지에게 혼이 나곤 했다. 조각 속 개는 오히려 수컷처럼 한쪽 다리를 들고, 혼났던 행동을 보란 듯이 반복한다. 몸에 표현된 상처는 당시의 처벌을 떠올리게 하며, 얼굴에 섞인 사람의 모습은 개의 경험과 개인적인 기억을 겹쳐 놓는다. 암컷 개에게 수컷의 자세를 취하게 함으로써, 한때 혼이 났던 이유를 오히려 우스꽝스러운 행동으로 되받아치고자 했다. 자신에게 주어진 기준을 벗어날 수는 없더라도, 그 기준을 비틀고 거스르는 작은 반항을 담았다.

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