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Owen Leong
Original Nature, 4-28 July 2018, Artereal Gallery.
Photographer: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Owen Leong
Original Nature, 4-28 July 2018, Artereal Gallery.
Photographer: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Owen Leong
Original Nature, 4-28 July 2018, Artereal Gallery.
Photographer: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 精 (Jing)
2018
Hydrostone, bronze, rose quartz crystal points, steel
36 x 20 x 28 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 精 (Jing)
2018
Hydrostone, bronze, rose quartz crystal points, steel
36 x 20 x 28 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 氣 (Qi)
2018
Hydrostone, selenite crystal, clear quartz crystal points, steel
49 x 20 x 23 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 氣 (Qi)
2018
Hydrostone, selenite crystal, clear quartz crystal points, steel
49 x 20 x 23 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 神 (Shen)
2018
Hydrostone, bronze, rose quartz crystal points, steel
32 x 32 x 28 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 神 (Shen)
2018
Hydrostone, bronze, rose quartz crystal points, steel
32 x 32 x 28 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Owen Leong
Guardian Head 神 (Shen)
2018
Hydrostone, bronze, rose quartz crystal points, steel
32 x 32 x 28 cm (head), 110 cm high x 30 cm diameter (stand)
Guardian Heads is a series of three sculptures cast from the artist’s own head. Inverted upside-down, from one head emerges a crystalline spine of white selenite crystal. The other heads have clusters of rose quartz crystal growing from upturned necks, while bronze cast lingzhi mushrooms grow from the face and neck. By turning the heads upside-down, the artist is inverting culture that is imprinted on the body and mind. It is a way of looking within oneself to find a new perspective. These are contemplative, totemic and watchful guardian figures.