cheong-ah hwang
Cheong-ah Hwang was born in Seoul, South Korea. She studied Fine Art at OSU, focusing on Artand Technology and received her B.A. in 2000. After graduating she began working exclusively with paper as a sculptural medium.
Cheong-ah’s interest in paper sculpture lies in its versatility, mainly its ability to evolve from a two-dimensional plane to a three-dimensional object. In her work she models common objects usually found in a bathroom medicine cabinet. These are mass-produced items that, through their useand familiarity, become a part of our personal lives. She chose these objects because they are manufactured to be not only functional containers for lotions, medicines, etc., but also to be a kindof media that stores information. The colors and shapes used in the product logos and package designs may be easily recognized by the viewer, evidence of the designs’ abilities to infiltrate aperson’s memory and become a part of their life.
Each piece in this show consists of two objects - a model that acts as a three dimensional image ofa ‘real’ object, and a diagram presented as a flat object. The abstract diagrams have the potential to be manipulated into versions of the representational 3D models. In presenting theobjects this way, she experiments with these models and diagrams as both image and object, abstract and representational, and shows the transition from one to the other.
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