When I first saw his work at the Saatchi gallery in London this summer I fell in love with it. The alienation and estrangement of these images are illustrated through historic British females, modeled by the artist himself. The immaculate beautiful executions of the fairy tale scenes express timelessness interrupted with foreign figures, which explain to us his desire to become British.
A lot of the concepts for the images are also based on fairy tale figures such as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Swan Lake. This make-believe concept branches from a childhood desire to dress up, but upholds an unfriendly estranged sensation implied through the presence of masculinity with these meticulous fantasy scenes.
His work is stunning and proves to all artists the need to be honest and personal when it comes to the concept and message.
“The sun never sets over the British Empire.” The country of Queen, the country with pride in her history and tradition, still seems to be breathing in Great Britain. I try to become British just as a child pretends to be a mother by dressing in her clothes and making up with her cosmetics. The attempt to become British is to me what a child tries to do in dressing as an adult. Although the mother’s clothes are unsuitable for the child, the child still tries to dress as its mother, trying to express its existence as another person. The language of a child. In becoming a British lady, which may seem gauche, it is my language.”
Chan -Hyo Bae
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