Artist
Seung Woo Back(Korean, born 1973)Korean, born 1973
CultureKorean
Titles
- #8
- from the series Real World 2 (2006)
Date2006
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsSheet: 50 3/8 × 63 in. (128 × 160 cm)
Frame: 48 1/4 × 61 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (122.6 × 155.3 × 4.4 cm)
Frame: 48 1/4 × 61 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (122.6 × 155.3 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist and Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2006.677
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Woo Back has produced two series relative to North Korea. One was made in the
capital, Pyongyang, during a one-month stay in 2000, but Back had to construct
pictures from what the government censors did not destroy. This photograph is
from the second series, Real World 2,
in which a multilateral force of toy soldiers invades homes in Seoul. Gathering
at night, they march across yards and sidewalks and gather in phone booths.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery and Beck Lower Level Corridor, October 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No marks or inscriptions visible - mounted in a grey-board portfolio and recto margins and verso are not accessible.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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