동시대 인체 조각에서 나타나는 재현 방식에 관한 연구 -데이비드 알트메이드와 올리버 라릭의 작업을 중심으로- = Research on the Representation in Contemporary Human Body Sculpture -focused on works of David Altmejd and Oliver Laric-

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The fundamental role inherent to the medium of sculpture ever since antiquity has been in representing life and articulating their existence. Its essential role awakens the desensitized senses of men and enables us to attain to a higher dimension of our awareness and perception of our bodies. However, in the modern society with the expanded and ambiguous realm of time and space, the overflowing amount of digital images confusing our perception are often conceived as physical sculptures, inducing visual tactility. Therefore, in the current climate where the assertion for sculpture to exist as tangible material is becoming less convincing, more studies on the fundamental questions surrounding the existence of sculpture as a substantial art form are needed. To serve as a breakthrough to such issues, the purpose of this study lies in the examination of the representation of the human body in contemporary sculptures. The sculptures scrutinized in this study are limited to those depicting the human body in three­dimensional materials. The approach of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis between the works of David Altmejd and Oliver Laric to examine the non­representational attributes in their sculptures, concentrating on their divergent languages. First, the human body sculptures of the two artists are analyzed as substance representing not specific and direct but non­representational subjects—space with infinite amount of energy, the formation and division of invisible material, and the moments of the modification of data that transcends the notions of the original and replication and creation of new versions. Second, the physical process of the artistic practice is examined. By uncovering the elements represented in human body sculptures such as materiality, virtuality, data, and non­human, the study will suggest the complex values derived from corporeal sculptures and support the path towards their enhanced understanding.