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Ran Hwang
Becoming Again - The Third Floor, Hermès, Liat Towers, , 2015
Button & Pins on wood Panel, cm
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About the artwork
In 2015, Ran Hwang transformed the Third Floor gallery of into a magical and luminous large-sized installation made up of a countless number of eco-friendly paper buttons, pins, beads and crystals. Taking a year and a half to complete, each object in this project has been meticulously hammered by hand into the shape of flowers, delicate spider webs and mythical phoenixes. The repetitive and time-consuming process that is needed to put this installation together is one that the artist relishes. Indeed, she calls it a form of self-meditation.
About the artist
Ran Hwang graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and subsequently went on to attain her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the Graduate School of Arts Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea. This Korean-born artist currently resides and practices her craft in New York, and is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale wall installations with exquisite materials from the fashion industry such as beads, buttons, pins and thread. A multiple award winner, Ran Hwang has completed many residencies and her works have been exhibited across the globe, including Korea, Switzerland, USA and France, and collected by distinguished hotels, museums and companies.