Do Ho Suh |
Cause & Effect,
2007 acrylic and stainless steel and aluminum frame
142.875 x 400 x 460 inches
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Cause & Effect, 2007 acrylic and stainless steel and aluminum frame 142.875 x 400 x 460 inches |
Karma, 2010 stainless steel 276 x 26.75 x 46.5 inches |
This next piece is titled “Karma”. This piece is comprised of 98 brushed, stainless steel cast iron figures. The piece has one man that is standing on the ground, with 97 men squatting on top of each other while each man is covering the man below his eyes. I chose this piece due to the illusion that it seems to stretch on forever ~ reaching the highest peaks of the sky in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art. I can only imagine the meaning of the piece; maybe Suh is trying to portray the dependence of individuality in reference to a group as he does in “Cause and Effect”, or maybe he is trying to represent a skeleton made of men which leads support into infinity. No matter what Suh is conveying, the massive size of his work seems to take my breath away.
Karma (detail), 2010
stainless steel
276 x 26.75 x 46.5 inches
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Resources:
1. Art 21. Do
ho Suh. http://www.art21.org/artists/do-ho-suh
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