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#plastic
#sculpture
#site-specific
#Sui Park
December 5, 2023
Grace Ebert
“Microcosm 2.” All images © Sui Park, shared with permission
Evoking sea anemones, bulbous spores, and supple, round cells, Sui Park’s zip-tie sculptures seamlessly meld the organic and synthetic. The New York-based artist (previously) continues to weave scores of industrial nylon cables into works that appear to scale gallery walls and spawn in dense clusters in public spaces.
Park’s latest projects include “City Ecology,” a collection of 32 sculptures nested in the flower beds and landscaping of Bella Azbug Park in Hudson Yards. Tucked within the lush greenery and dried, autumn leaves, the works are vivid, otherworldly additions to a green space within the city.
After hand-dyeing the plastic materials into bright, bold colors, Park often interlaces the simple stripes into biomorphic forms in blue, red, or yellow. Some of her more recent works, though, entwine ties of various hues to explore what emerges through connection. “In ‘Fermented Mixture’ and ‘Molecule,’ I mix different colors that represent various characters or groups, and I wear them in an attempt to create a new entity that is solely possible through complex relations between them,” she tells Colossal.
“City Ecology” is on view in New York through the end of the year. Park is currently working on a piece that reflects the ocean-atmosphere at twilight, which you can follow on her site and Instagram.
“City Ecology.” Photo by Gabby Jones, courtesy of HYHK Alliance
“City Ecology.” Photo by Gabby Jones, courtesy of HYHK Alliance
“City Ecology.” Photo by Gabby Jones, courtesy of HYHK Alliance
“Symbiosis 1”
“Sprinkle”
“Fermented Mixture”
“City Ecology.” Photo by Gabby Jones, courtesy of HYHK Alliance
#plastic
#sculpture
#site-specific
#Sui Park
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