Ouip and Friends - Circus by Ji-young Son @ lab and gallery delitoys, Korea
"Ouip and Friends - Circus" was an exhibition held in lab and gallery delitoys in Korea, between Oct 10th to Nov 10th, and features the artwork of artist Ji-young Son.Ji-young Son is well known with a various artworks on illustration, handmade dolls and artworks. She won the Bearbrick Contest that Coffee Bean in Korea and Medicom Toys in Japan held in 2008 with design that featured the motif of Korean letters. The winning design produced as limited edition of 2500 and this became an opportunity to become her famous (Peep BE@RBRICK here).
In this exhibition, She had exhibit 8 customized Ouip (the platform toy of Delitoys) with the theme of "circus", and paintings of customized Ouip as portraits, and also various artworks. CLICK THRU for more peeks at the gorgeous painted work of Ji-young Son.
Dynamicness and splendid costume of circus were expressed on Quip,
and portraits are painted with backstage of the circus after the show,
and the stillness of Clowns who are back into the reality.
"Life is a circus." - Dynamicness and Stillness of Circus
Actors in circus are extremely dynamic.
Clowns, magicians, dancers even the animals.
They all become to have stilled time after the show.
There's no audience's applause, or dazzling lights.
However they do have life as circus even in the stilled moments,
and there circus exists which has their souls and breaths.
Ouip and Portraits
Ouips are customized as actors in the circus show.
However their portraits are not dynamic.
They are just the one who faces their lives in stillness.
As dynamic moments and stilled moments keep across in life,
Ouip and the portraits are connected to each other.
Audience
Circus just cannot be completed if there are only actors.
There must be audience who reacts and hails to the show.
I do not wish there are only Ouip, many other dolls and paintings in my circus (exhibition).
I wish all the visitors who are watching them are also the heroes.
Additional images via DressyDoll
