Koo Jeong A
5/2018, 2018
Ferrite magnet and Portland stone
13 x 30 x 50 cm
5 1/8 x 11 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
180 magnets
5 1/8 x 11 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
180 magnets
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Over the past ten years, Koo Jeong A has been producing sculptures made from magnets, inspired by the medicinal healing potential that lies within electromagnetic power. This series of sculptural...
Over the past ten years, Koo Jeong A has been producing sculptures made from magnets, inspired by the medicinal healing potential that lies within electromagnetic power. This series of sculptural works came out of two separate meetings Jeong A had with various healers/doctors who use magnets to cure and remedy various bodily illnesses.
Becoming fascinated by the properties of magnetic fields and the way the aggregation of magnets simulates the push and pull of human networks, Jeong A began to create this new body of work. Various renditions of these magnet sculptures have been shown at The Jewish Museum (2015), Venice Architecture Biennale (2014) and are a part of the Tate Collection.
For these new additions, Koo will create a tower of magnets stacked and assembled into a wall. The magnets have the potential to be arranged and rearranged into various different groupings and therefore are in a continuously evolving state. For the artist, these magnets represent the connection of energies between people and place fundamentally relying on an encounter between the individual and the materials to drive the work. It is through these works that Koo is able to consider the medicinal and celestial power of these seemingly mundane objects.
Becoming fascinated by the properties of magnetic fields and the way the aggregation of magnets simulates the push and pull of human networks, Jeong A began to create this new body of work. Various renditions of these magnet sculptures have been shown at The Jewish Museum (2015), Venice Architecture Biennale (2014) and are a part of the Tate Collection.
For these new additions, Koo will create a tower of magnets stacked and assembled into a wall. The magnets have the potential to be arranged and rearranged into various different groupings and therefore are in a continuously evolving state. For the artist, these magnets represent the connection of energies between people and place fundamentally relying on an encounter between the individual and the materials to drive the work. It is through these works that Koo is able to consider the medicinal and celestial power of these seemingly mundane objects.