Soo Sunny Park | Unwoven Light

September 15–October 13, 2013

It is with great enthusiasm that the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries presents Soo Sunny Park's "Unwoven Light," an expansive installation that will transform the galleries into a shimmering world of light, shadow, and brilliant color. Opening on September 15, the exhibition will be on view through October 13. The artist will give a public lecture on Sunday, October 13 at 2:30 pm with a closing reception to follow in until 5:30 pm.

“Unwoven Light” continues Park's ongoing experimentation with large forms and the ephemeral qualities of light within a specific space. Thirty-seven individually sculpted units of chain link fencing will be arranged from ceiling to floor. Plexiglas shapes coated with iridescent dichroic film are contained within the chain links, and with the help of bright LED lighting, cast shimmering shadows of color.

Explains the artist, “Like a net, the sculpture is a filter that is meant to capture the light that is already there and force it to reveal itself. Now we can see it, the light, in purple shadows and yellow-green reflections that both mirror the shape of the fence and restructure the space they inhabit.”

“Unwoven Light” was commissioned by and first exhibited at Rice Gallery, Rice University in Houston, Texas, and is now taking a new form specific to the Stein Galleries. The exhibition at Rice Gallery has been highly reviewed and acclaimed, including a mention in Time Magazine.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Soo Sunny Park received her BFA in painting and sculpture from Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio and a MFA in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Park is the recipient of many recent awards and residencies, and currently lives and works in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she is Associate Professor of Studio Art at Dartmouth College.

The exhibition is made possible with support by the Ohio Arts Council, individual supporters of the Stein Galleries, and Wright State University’s College of Liberal Arts. Additional exhibition and LED light support was provided by Dayton Power and Light Company.

Gallery hours are Wednesday and Friday 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Thursday 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.; and Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 4:00 P.M. Designated visitor parking on campus is free, and parking at the Creative Arts Center is unrestricted after 4:30 P.M. Fridays and weekends. A dedicated parking space for Galleries patrons is available during school hours.

All Galleries events are free and open to the public.