Photography Hatje Cantz Verlag | Beomsik Won

The Dome Gets Taller And Taller, One Balustrade Spans The Next—Yet This Spectacular Tower Was Never Built; It Is Merely The Result Of The Collage Technique Applied By The South Korean Artist Won Beomsik (*1972): The Series Initially Begun In London Assembles And Combines Details From Photographs Of Buildings By A Variety Of Architects. A Deconstruction Of The Urban Landscape That Allows New Arrangements And Connotations, And Tells Unexpected Stories. Archisculpture Plays With Cultural Conventions And Blind Spots: While Won’S Exaggerated, Exotic Tower Pagoda Seems Realistic To The Western Eye, We Quickly Detect The Expressive Artificiality Of A Bold Construction Consisting Of A Storefront With A Baroque Dome. According To The Artist, His Fragile Structures Deliberately Provoke Alarm, A Stab In The Sense Of A Barthesian Punctum.