Venice Art Bienniale 2011:Angel Soldier By Lee Yonbaek

For the venice art bienniale 2011, the korean pavilion is presenting 14 multimedia works by artist lee yongbaek in an exhibition titled, ‘the love is gone but the scar will heal.’ with works in video, photography, sculpture and painting, the show explores identity and existentialism amid the artifice of contemporary society.

‘angel soldier’ is a video performance in what appears to be a floral landscape, set to the calm sounds of nature.
at first sight, it seems to be a still image, but upon closer inspection, the heavily florid picture separates before the eyes as an optical illusion, revealing three-dimensional flowers in the foreground and, behind, a soldier slowly creeping along, masked in the print’s camouflage.

On the next page stills of the art piece via designboom.Of course the sartorial element of this piece has our heart as well.