Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

LEE SUNG KUEN
INTERCONNECTED October 4, 2019 - January 11, 2020

Born in 1954 in Seoul where he currently lives and works, Lee Sung Kuen (pronounced: Lee Sung-Gun) is a leading figure of the Korean Art Scene.

Building a bridge between man and nature, Lee’s work is a perfect illustration of the concept of vital energy (Qi), which is omnipresent in the artistic culture of Eastern Asia. He creates sculptures of primordial shapes that, at first sight, evoke human cells or the notion of fertility. Made out of entangled piano wires, which the artist sometimes brightens up with vivid colors; they establish a dialogue between fullness and emptiness while sustaining the resonance of their initial role. Once suspended in air, the vibrating play of light on the sculptures, and the apparent fusion with their surroundings into one symbiotic unity, bring the ovoid shapes to life.

This exhibition is organized with the Waterfall Gallery, NYC in collaboration with the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum.

SOO SUNNY PARK
UNWOVEN LIGHT October 7, 2016 - January 21, 2017

“We are very pleased to share this stunning installation of Soo Sunny Park’s Unwoven Light with residents of and visitors to the Great Lakes Bay Region,” said Marilyn Wheaton, director of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. “Unwoven Light is comprised of 31 sections of chain- link fence embedded with translucent sections of Plexiglas that captures and reflects every light source in the gallery, creating a rainbow of color that changes depending on the time of day.” 

Park described her work this way: “Unwoven Light captures light and causes it to reveal itself, through colorful reflections and refractions on the installation’s surfaces and on the gallery floor and walls.” 

The Unwoven Light exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and National Endowment for the Arts, and The Dow Chemical Company. 

JAE YONG KIM
CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT… January 29, 2016 - May 21, 2016

Jinwon Chang
Hweh-Geeh, Returning Again January 29, 2016 - May 21, 2016