American artist Soo Sunny Park took over Rice Gallery, part of Rice University in Houston, Texas, with a glistening, labor intensive, abstract installation called Unwoven Light.
The suspended piece is made up of 37 individual units composed of chain
link fencing that is arranged into a sculptural form that’s all about
light.
As you make your way around the space, the ever-changing rainbows of color bounce off each piece of iridescent Plexiglas that has been wired into the openings of the metal fence. The coated Plexiglas causes the light to “unweave” making each shape turn from clear to colorful as light hits them.
From Park:
All photos © Nash Baker.
Posted by Caroline Williamson on 05.20.13 in Art Via/http://design-milk.com
As you make your way around the space, the ever-changing rainbows of color bounce off each piece of iridescent Plexiglas that has been wired into the openings of the metal fence. The coated Plexiglas causes the light to “unweave” making each shape turn from clear to colorful as light hits them.
From Park:
“Like a net, the sculpture is a filter that is meant to capture the light that is already there and force it to reveal itself. Now we can see it, the light, in purple shadows and yellow-green reflections that both mirror the shape of the fence and restructure the space they inhabit.”
All photos © Nash Baker.
Posted by Caroline Williamson on 05.20.13 in Art Via/http://design-milk.com
Very cool. I like it in the gallery; but my second thought was "boy, I'd love to see this outside as part of a garden..."
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Cool. :-) You're closer to the artist and gallery than I am- maybe you could sneak up behind them and whisper that in their ears... it WOULD be a nifty new exposure.
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