Sculpture titled "People #Purple" by Seunghwui Koo, Original Artwork, Ceramics

People #Purple (2019) Sculpture by Seunghwui Koo

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Sculpture, Ceramics / Wood on Wood

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One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 14in, Width 11in / 10.00 lb
Framing This artwork is not framed
Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
Categories Sculptures under $5,000 Conceptual Art

The work is comprised of 7,000 handmade pigs.

Seunghwui Koo creates her works drawing inspiration from the daily happenings and intricate moments of her life in NYC. Her work is a commentary on the lives of New Yorkers as she has witnessed. She was born in South Korea, where she first had the idea of combining the pig’s head and human body. The significance of the pig’s head lies in the different symbolic meanings from the Eastern and Western cultures. Good fortune (Eastern) and greed (Western), two very different connotations of the pig, are themes that are a part of her works. She uses resin, acrylic, plaster, clay, and mixed media to create her works.

The work has many different topographical features and is visually striking. Each pig figurine measures 0.5" x 1" x 0.5". All of the pigs are made out of ceramic. Each pig is handmade, a mold was not used because it is a meditative practice of hand-building in which I create imagery and objects in mass that speak to both our uniqueness and anonymity. The frame is ready to hang on a wall. Aluminum bar hanger on the back.

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Seunghwui Koo

United States

Seunghwui Koo is a contemporary award-winning South Korean artist. The artist draws inspiration for her artwork from the delicate details of her daily life in New York City. Her[...]

Seunghwui Koo is a contemporary award-winning South Korean artist. The artist draws inspiration for her artwork from the delicate details of her daily life in New York City. Her work is a commentary on the lives she has seen in New York. She was born in South Korea, where she originally developed the concept of combining the human body and pig's head. The significance of the pig's head is seen in the various Eastern and Western symbolic meanings. Her works often deal with the ideas of good fortune (Eastern) and greed (Western), two very different interpretations of the pig. Her artistic mediums include resin, acrylic, plaster, clay, and mixed media.

Seunghwui Koo was born in 1981, in South Korea. She lives and works in the USA. Seunghwui Koo exhibited her works in galleries and international art fairs, and won numerous awards: ‘2019 Real Art Awards’, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; 2017 'Small works, A national juried exhibition Award', Best in Show, Main Street Arts, NY ; 2017 ‘23rd Contemporary Juried Art Exhibition Award’, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA; 2014 'The Allied Artists of America Members and Associated Award', Allied Artists of America, INC. etc.