ArtPrize - Sep. 23 - Oct. 8, 2009 - Grand Rapids, MI
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Jun Suk Min
Grand Rapids, MI

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Jun Suk Min

Artist bio

Jun Suk Min

Born
October 30th, 1973, Seoul, South Korea

Education
MFA, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology-2008
MFA, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University-2001
BFA, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University-1998

Honors/Prizes Received
The 5th Cheongju Intl Craft Competition Qualified Work Prize-2007
The 3rd Cheongju Intl Craft Competition Special Citation Work Prize
The 1st Cheongju International Craft Competition Qualified Work Prize - 1999
Korean Contemporary Art Competition Qualified Work Prize - 1999
Korean Art Competition for College Student, Special Selected Work Prize - 1997
About the work
Title: Walnut Tree

Art form: 3-D

Medium: Brass, Sterling Silver, Walnut, Stainless Steel, Plastic, Magnetic

Year created: 2007

Description of work: when I go to a shopping mall, I take a look at bubble gum vending machines. The rail shape in the plastic cylinder lets people anticipate the way to operate it and how it will work with their preconception. Seeing familiar shapes, such as rails, preconception makes the viewer expect an anticipated situation. With this concept, I imagined a walnut tree which had fruits in it, and the fruits would be rolled to people like the bubblegum vending machine.
Using the expectation, not only is the audience capable of handling this work without a manual, but also they can concentrate on the movements until the movements are done. In this work, I utilized two kinds of movement. The first one is rolling the walnut from the top to the bottom and the second one is the opening movement of each walnut fruit. I expect that the former would make people imagine and enjoy looking at the proceeding of movement, and the latter would give unexpected surprise and enjoyment.

Technical details
Linear wall space needed: n/a
Total square feet needed: 36 sq. ft.
Additional considerations
Audio/video needed: No
Electrical needed: Yes

110v outlet for labtop
Lighting needed: Yes
Internet access needed: No
Ground floor access needed: No
Indoor space needed: Yes
Outdoor space needed: No
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Jun Suk Min is showing at:
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
187 Monroe Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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