Sungsoo Koo
Tour Bus

Artist Sungsoo Koo(Korean, born 1970)Korean, born 1970

CultureKorean

Titles

Tour Bus
from the series Magical Reality (2005-06)

Date2005

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 39 3/8 × 49 1/4 in. (100 × 125.1 cm)
Sheet: 39 5/8 × 49 9/16 in. (100.6 × 125.9 cm)
Frame: 40 3/8 × 50 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (102.6 × 128 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment

Object number2009.521

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

The interiors photographed by
Sungsoo Koo are real, although one cannot help but doubt them. The intense
colors of the tour buses, wedding halls, carnival rides, and stores that Koo
photographs offer a visual equivalent to cacophony of noise heard on the
streets of Seoul from early morning to late night. Aptly named Magical Reality, the series also
highlights increasing evidence of other cultures in Korea.

Provenance[Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.
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

Signed in ink, lower right in the image: "2005 Koo Sungsoo"

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