Ku Sup

Using "yo-yos" as the building blocks of each, I formed likenesses of my husband, Ku-sup. For the past two years, my husband, Ku-Sup, a specialist on ethnic relations, has written articles for the Korea Daily Newspaper. The image for this particular work comes from the bi-monthly articles that he writes. Since the original image was made using a half-tone printing process the large dots that comprise it are more distinct once the photo is enlarged. After enlarging it, I made yo-yos in varying shades of purple and in sizes corresponding to the enlarged dots. When viewed from afar, the sharp contrast between the purple yo-yos and the white background make it appear to be a black and white image. When one is viewing it within close range, each dot is clearly distinguished from its neighbors, but the entire image is lost at this proximity.