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.

Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
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.”
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category

Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
Chain Link Fencing As Art: Unwoven Light Installation in art  Category
All photos © Nash Baker.

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