Real Art Roadshow

Seung Yul Oh

b.1981

Master of Fine Arts: Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland

Seung Yul Oh - Mong Mong

Acrylic on board

Mong Mong

When he was still at art school, Seung Yul Oh intrigued the audience at a one-night-only exhibition when he deep-fried all his paintings! Since then, he has made sculptures and paintings whose forms bring to mind the digestive tract and bodily functions; he has titled an exhibition CHEW CHEW Tongue; and made a sculptural installation that brought the building’s ‘intestines’ (the air ducting, wiring and other bits that are usually hidden in the wall and ceiling cavities) into the viewing space.

Essay

Dimensions: 823x1175mm

Seung Yul Oh - Ssyang Bbong

Acrylic on canvas

Ssyang Bbong

Seung Yul Oh’s paintings make me laugh. His paintings are so deliberately big, cartoony-stupid and brightly coloured that you want to join in the joke and giggle or guffaw along with them. Have you ever seen someone laugh in an art gallery? Should art galleries be exclusively places for quiet contemplation, or should there be room for humour?

Essay

Dimensions: 910x910mm