Lot 42: KOH SANGWOO (b.1978)

KOH SANGWOO (b.1978)
The Kiss, 2008
oversized digital inkjet print
signed, dated and numbered '3/3' in ink, printed label with credit, title, date and edition '3/3' on backing board
69 x 48in. (175 x 122cm.) overall

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New York-based Koh stumbled upon his preferred technique, which yields his enigmatic portraits, as a 20-year-old art student when he created a negative image by mistake and was intrigued by its reversed colours and ghostly effect. To create The Kiss, Koh painted the bodies of his models using colours selected for their reversed effects. This work has received considerable media coverage in South Korea as it features a popular TV announcer and her husband. Koh studied Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his works have been shown in Asia and the US.

Number 3 from the sold-out edition of 3.