The
artist Do Ho Suh does very unique work with his form of art. In the piece shown
in the video it's called "Floor" . He installed it into the floor of
the Seattle Art Museum, in Washington. Using little figurines of people he
made a statement on personal space. His art is also a form of architecture so it has multipurpose to it other
than to just look at. He used the inspiration of his city Seoul with the crowded
streets to make this piece. Using many different colours of little figurines he
is able to show multiculturalism and give it a symbolic meaning. The little figures symbolise the
diverse groups of people who either support or resist the floor and the people
above them. The following are some pictures of what it looks like.
My Reaction:
Alrighty, at
first when I saw it I thought it was just a glass floor. Like nothing special
what can be so artistic about this. As a first impression it wasn't looking
very good to me, but as it got closer and it showed you what it actually was,
you see it as a really cool thing. Having a bunch of tiny little
"people" hold you up and also give a symbolic meaning to it. This
work brings unity to mind. How a bunch of people from the different cultures
and backgrounds can get together to literally support someone/something. This
doesn't necessarily evoke any emotion to me but if I had to say maybe
happiness? The thought of multiple people working together on something can be
a happy thing right? As it could be a step towards a better world. What puzzles
me most is how aren't the figurines crumbling under the weight of the viewer on
top? Are they made from a specific material that allows them to stay together? Maybe
something like concrete? Or is it the distribution and placement that allows
the weight to be held? I can't really make any connections to this as I've
never seen anything like it before and it’s very unique.
The only source of
social media that Do Ho Suh has would be a Facebook page that hasn't been
updated since 2009 unfortunately. I don’t have any questions for the artist but
I do have a liking to his art that he creates not only for the way it looks but
for the symbolic meanings they have.
Here are a few of his other interesting pieces:
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| "Home within home" (2013) |
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| "Karma" (2003) |
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| "Some/One" (2001) |
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