MAM Collection 002: Suh Do Ho + Po Po
25 Jul - 01 Oct 2015
Suh Do Ho
Cause & Effect, 2008
Installation
acrylic resin, aluminum disc, stainless steel frame, stainless steel cable, monofilament
120×295cm
Collection: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Cause & Effect, 2008
Installation
acrylic resin, aluminum disc, stainless steel frame, stainless steel cable, monofilament
120×295cm
Collection: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Po Po
Tejo (The Element of Kinetic Energy), 1985
Oil on canvas
75×75cm
Collection: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Tejo (The Element of Kinetic Energy), 1985
Oil on canvas
75×75cm
Collection: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
MAM COLLECTION 002: SUH DO HO + PO PO
Existence and Space
25 July - 1 October 2015
Curated by: Kataoka Mami (Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Suh Do Ho (born 1962) is one of South Korea's leading artists and has been active on the international stage since the 1990s. Alongside his well-known installations recreating existing spaces in translucent fabric, Suh also creates a diverse range of works that explore identity in the context of relations between the individual and the collective, an example of which is Cause and Effect. This work, in which the whole is made up of vast numbers of tiny bodies, hints at our existence, which is realized through our relationship with our surroundings, and space.
Po Po (born 1957) has been a leading figure in conceptual art in Myanmar since the 1980s. In particular, during the period of military rule that continued from the 1960s when contact with the outside world was limited, he obtained a thorough grasp of philosophy and contemporary art by self-education with his practice evolving from two-dimensional works to sculptures and installations. The five paintings from 1985 are based on the Buddhist philosophy of Abhidharma that Po Po was interested in when he was around 20 years old, and depict the geometrical shapes of a square, a semicircle, a triangle, and a circle corresponding to the four elements of "the universe, "earth" (Pathavi), "water" (Apo), "fire" (Tejo) and "wind" (Vayo), along with "space" (Akasa), in which all of these are united.
Existence and Space
25 July - 1 October 2015
Curated by: Kataoka Mami (Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Suh Do Ho (born 1962) is one of South Korea's leading artists and has been active on the international stage since the 1990s. Alongside his well-known installations recreating existing spaces in translucent fabric, Suh also creates a diverse range of works that explore identity in the context of relations between the individual and the collective, an example of which is Cause and Effect. This work, in which the whole is made up of vast numbers of tiny bodies, hints at our existence, which is realized through our relationship with our surroundings, and space.
Po Po (born 1957) has been a leading figure in conceptual art in Myanmar since the 1980s. In particular, during the period of military rule that continued from the 1960s when contact with the outside world was limited, he obtained a thorough grasp of philosophy and contemporary art by self-education with his practice evolving from two-dimensional works to sculptures and installations. The five paintings from 1985 are based on the Buddhist philosophy of Abhidharma that Po Po was interested in when he was around 20 years old, and depict the geometrical shapes of a square, a semicircle, a triangle, and a circle corresponding to the four elements of "the universe, "earth" (Pathavi), "water" (Apo), "fire" (Tejo) and "wind" (Vayo), along with "space" (Akasa), in which all of these are united.