jimmy
Do-ho suh, Art Asia Pacific, bound journals 2001, p44-51
This guy is pretty cool. below left and centre are images of 'Floor' an installation 1997-2000. the magnitude factor is pretty amazing all on its own. its immense. id love to walk on it and paps i would slip from humble to almighty gazing down at all the little workers supporting my weight who knows.
below right, 'Public Figures' installation at Korean Pavillion, 49th Venice Biennale, echoes a similar theme of oppression and empathy. It seems very prolaterian and politicle but its also about individuality or 'one' and the mass's or 'many'. Do-ho suh creates his instillations as naratives
as a means for commenting on aspects of the human condition.
'Who am we?'
37000 portraits lifted from his highschool year books. the title says it all. it deals with issues of identity and self. he highlights the urge for 'many' to become 'one' and for 'one' to become 'many'.
below centre and right 'Some One', made out of dog tags again individuals loose their identity in the fuse of the mass's. the dog tags simbolising the death of soldiers come together to form a glorious military garment from the Yi Dynasty, Korea but their identity is lost and therefore their personal sacrifice. those pics are no good but it is an amazing sculpture.
awsome --->
This guy is pretty cool. below left and centre are images of 'Floor' an installation 1997-2000. the magnitude factor is pretty amazing all on its own. its immense. id love to walk on it and paps i would slip from humble to almighty gazing down at all the little workers supporting my weight who knows.
below right, 'Public Figures' installation at Korean Pavillion, 49th Venice Biennale, echoes a similar theme of oppression and empathy. It seems very prolaterian and politicle but its also about individuality or 'one' and the mass's or 'many'. Do-ho suh creates his instillations as naratives
as a means for commenting on aspects of the human condition.
'Who am we?'
37000 portraits lifted from his highschool year books. the title says it all. it deals with issues of identity and self. he highlights the urge for 'many' to become 'one' and for 'one' to become 'many'.
below centre and right 'Some One', made out of dog tags again individuals loose their identity in the fuse of the mass's. the dog tags simbolising the death of soldiers come together to form a glorious military garment from the Yi Dynasty, Korea but their identity is lost and therefore their personal sacrifice. those pics are no good but it is an amazing sculpture.
awsome --->
posted by Polly Dance at 9:42 PM
1 Comments:
i really like the looks of these works,all the little plastic toys particuarly.its sooo cool finding out about all these different artists. thanks jimbo.
x ray
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