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© Images Cheonho Ahn (Source = KONIG SEOUL)

Exhibition view

© Images Cheonho Ahn (Source = KONIG SEOUL)

Exhibition view

© Images Cheonho Ahn (Source = KONIG SEOUL)

Exhibition view

© Images Cheonho Ahn (Source = KONIG SEOUL)

			KÖNIG SEOUL is pleased to present HEAVY EYES, the first solo exhibition ofMichael Sailstorfer in Seoul. Three distinct work groups – lead paintings,lamps cast in bronze, and other objects, also cast in bronze – revolvearound a core tension between heaviness and lightness.The exhibition’s title HEAVY EYES conveys both heaviness and sadness,though within this framing Sailstorfer still manages to create somethinglight and spirited. He achieves this by playing with materials and theirpotential meanings, like in the “Heavy Eyes” series in which the artistcovered stretched canvases with an incredibly thin (1mm) layer of anotherwise hefty substance: lead. To add to this impossible levity ofmaterials, Sailstorfer then decorated the lead surface with shimmering,metallic eye shadow.
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(Source = KONIG SEOUL)