Ran Hwang (South Korean, born 1960). East Wind, 2012. Plastic and metal buttons and beads, metal pins, wood panel, overall: 71 x 142 in. (180.3 x 360.7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild, by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 2012.27a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery, New York, CUR.2012.27a-c_view1_Leila_Heller_Gallery_photo.jpg)
Ran Hwang (South Korean, born 1960). East Wind, 2012. Plastic and metal buttons and beads, metal pins, wood panel, overall: 71 x 142 in. (180.3 x 360.7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild, by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 2012.27a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery, New York, CUR.2012.27a-c_view2_Leila_Heller_Gallery_photo.jpg)
East Wind
Ran Hwang
Asian Art
On View:
Ran Hwang creates an image of traditional Korean roof forms, composed from hundreds of buttons suspended from metal pins protruding from a white ground. The roof structures depicted are based on Joseon dynasty palaces and Buddhist temples in Seoul—but the artist exaggerates the curvature of the rooftops and places the structures on a precious, precarious foundation of chandelier-like forms. These alterations, together with the slight movement of the suspended buttons, suggest that the structures could fly away or scatter on the wind of the title.
MEDIUM
Plastic and metal buttons and beads, metal pins, wood panel
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
- Possible place made: New York, New York, United States
- Possible place made: Seoul, South Korea
DATES
2012
DIMENSIONS
overall: 71 x 142 in. (180.3 x 360.7cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2012.27a-c
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild, by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ran Hwang (South Korean, born 1960). East Wind, 2012. Plastic and metal buttons and beads, metal pins, wood panel, overall: 71 x 142 in. (180.3 x 360.7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild, by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 2012.27a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery, New York, CUR.2012.27a-c_view1_Leila_Heller_Gallery_photo.jpg)
IMAGE
installation, CUR.2012.27a-c_view1_Leila_Heller_Gallery_photo.jpg. Image courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery, New York
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© Ran Hwang
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