Spanish sculptor David Rodriguez Caballero participated in the production of the Yanggu Tennis Championships trophy.

Yanggu-gun announced on the 26th that Spanish modern sculptor David Rodriguez Caballero, a resident artist at Yanggu White Porcelain Museum's White Clay Village, will participate in the production of the championship trophy for the tennis tournament held in Yanggu.

To this end, County Governor Kim Wang-gyu recently met with artist David and discussed a plan to produce the championship trophy for a tennis tournament held in Yanggu using Yanggu white clay.

Artist David prepares the prototype and design of the trophy, and the Yanggu White Porcelain Museum produces a white porcelain trophy using Yanggu white clay based on this.

The completed trophy is planned to be used as the championship trophy for a tennis tournament held in Yanggu in the future.

Artist David is a Spanish contemporary sculptor active on the international stage. He mainly presents formative works using metal, light, and geometric abstraction.

He has exhibited his works at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Würth Museum, and the Oteisa Foundation Museum of Art, and has also participated in international art fairs such as Art Basel and the New York Armory Show.

In particular, he is attracting attention for his work that combines tennis and art.

Starting with the creation of the championship trophy for the 20th anniversary of the Mutua Madrid Open in 2022, artist David has been presenting new trophies every year until this year.

Based on this experience, he moved to Baekto Village last year and has been continuing his work combining the soil of Yanggu and the local historical and cultural environment.

In particular, we are exploring new possibilities for utilizing local cultural resources by producing works that utilize the texture and formative characteristics of Yanggu white clay.

The military commented that the creation of this trophy is meaningful in that it combines the artistic sensibility of an artist who has produced trophies for world-class tennis competitions with white clay, a representative cultural resource of Yanggu.

In particular, it was expected that the 'tennis championship trophy made from Yanggu's soil' would add a unique symbolism to the tennis competition held in Yanggu.

Yanggu White Porcelain Museum Director Jeong Doo-seop said, “We expect that a special tennis championship trophy will be created by combining Yanggu white clay with the sculpture work of David, who has produced trophies for world-class tennis tournaments.”