Ji Su Kwak

Skin Squad, Dance Together!

Scanned mandarin peels, paper on wire mesh
Dimensions variable
2026

귤껍질 이미지를 인쇄한 종이, 철망
가변 크기
2026

Skin Squad, Dance Together! is a sculptural installation made from collaged images of scanned mandarin peels. Once flat, soft, and flimsy, the peels now stand upright, stretching their arms and legs into playful, exaggerated dance poses. Unlike the figures in the earlier work Skin Squad, Break the Encirclement! (2024), which fought back with punches and kicks, these figures dance together, each moving in its own way.

〈Skin Squad, Dance Together! (껍질 군단, 다함께 춤을!)〉은 스캔한 귤껍질 이미지를 콜라주해 만든 조각 설치 작업이다. 납작하고 흐물거리는 귤껍질들이 팔다리를 뻗고 일어서서 저마다 과장된 자세로 춤을 추는 모습을 담았다. 앞선 작업 〈껍질 군단, 포위망을 돌파하라!〉(2024)에서 귤껍질들이 주먹을 휘두르고 발차기를 하며 외부의 힘에 맞섰다면, 이번에는 싸우는 대신 각자의 방식으로 몸을 움직이며 함께 춤을 춘다.

SELECTED WORKS

Descending Figure, 2026
Peeing Dog, 2026
Oedipus and Antigone, 2026
Skin Squad, Dance Together!, 2026
Mara with One Eye, 2026
Lucia, 2026
Open Chest Sara, 2026
Dolores, 2026
Pokerface Rita, 2026
Praying Woman, 2025
Snatch! Between Pain and Glory, 2025
Girls (series), 2025
Venus (Bedroom Goddess), 2025
Travelling Hands, 2025
Hands (They Want In), 2025
Skin Squad, Break the Encirclement, 2024
Villains (series), 2024
Post-fire Autopsy, 2024
Angels’ Plan, 2024
In Defeat, 2024
Open Casket, 2024
Flee with Your People, Flee with Dignity!, 2024
Sorry, Sorry, 2013-2023
Sorry (I Love You), 2023
Seeds As They Are (series), 2021
Balanced Talk, 2019
15 Ways to Say “Hello”, 2018
I’ve Been Around For a While, 2018
Safety First, 2017
In Abeyance, South Korean Flag, 2017
Praying Bench, 2017
I Love You, 2015
Sorry, 2013
Customized Fish Tank, 2011
Customized Spider Web, 2011