Keane’s most recent release, Perfect Symmetry, includes some eye-catching album artwork by Osang Gwon, under the art direction of Tourist design studio’s Rob Chenery. Gwon is a Korean artist known for his sculptures made from hundreds of photographs of his subject, mashed together to create a surreal (and a bit freaky) 3-D depiction of them. His method, a sort of photo-mâché, brings the members of Keane to life in a truly unique way. Gwon explained his process to Creative Review in a recent interview:
Creative Review: Tell us about your style of working – the materials, the processes, the concept… how long have you been working in this way?
Osang Gwon: I created this style of working in 1998 when I was studying at university. Ten years have passed since Deodorant Type (the name I’ve given this type of work) was introduced. The photography sculpture is made of pink form cut into shape, attaching photos on it and then being coated. The content of work embraces influences mainly from the ancient art to modern visual images of advertisements or from magazines. I’m very interested in how to exchange these influences. Above all, I’m interested in making images that are plausible in modern art.
CR: Creating the pieces for the Keane album artwork – you created an artwork of each band member… How long did you need to spend with each of them?
OG: …The actual shoot with the three Keane members took place in July over five days in London. It was a quite pleasant and fun experience for me…
CR: How many photographs did you take?
OG: I think I photographed about 1000 to 3000 pieces per band member.
According to Chenery, the sculptures took 6 weeks to produce after the photographs were taken.
[Creative Review: Keane on Korean Art]
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