It is an interactive artwork with a shell-shaped base and contains abstract sculptures of eyeballs and a penis. Viewers use an air pump to create or burst a bubble man, engaging individually or in team games. The piece modifies Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and explores themes of masculinity, duality in patriarchal societies, and true masculinity. The bubbles represent weak, imaginary men, with the wind symbolizing the destruction of hatred and the human role in shaping emotions.
Gnop gnop man, Photo: Younggon Kim