정광호  b.1959

A sculpture is a tangible representation of the image manifested by the sculptor by means of materials, techniques, and tools to create into existence a specific way, as a specific object. Cheong oxymoronically refers to his works as non-sculptural sculptures, as he works with non-sculptural properties to create works that are essentially sculptural. The paradoxical expression is part of how he explores the essence of sculpture. The essence of his sculptures may be described as the aggregate sum of physical properties of volume and texture, the artist’s aesthetic and psychological exertion upon it, adding and removing from its form. The artist did not distinguish between the inside and outside, rather exposing from the surface then penetrating through to suggest that surfaces are merely the superficial layer of sculptural essence and the surface of reality.