Under the Surface: Imi Hwangbo
Sculpture Magazine
January/February 2005 Vol.24 No.1 A publication of the International Sculpture Center by Cathy Byrd A finely drawn line separates Imi Hwangbo’s sensual sculptures of the 1990s from the discretely dimensional objects that she makes today. The swollen forms of “The Waiting Chamber” series have given way to exquisite introspection. Before, she carved and modeled organic shapes in plaster, then cast them into red rubber vessels. Now she turns her drawings into vellum maquettes and achieves sculptural geometric designs from multiple layers of digitally printed, hand-cut Mylar. Hwangbo has exhibited her work at the International Print Center, the Alternative Museum, the…