Cut, Folded, Dyed, and Glued: Sculptures by Imi Hwangbo and Jae Ko
Jo-Ann Conklin, curator David Winton Bell Gallery Brown University, 2008 Imi Hwangbo has created a series of mesmerizing works. These delicate sculptural reliefs elicit awe, inspired by the elegant beauty of their floral and geometric patterns and the laborious methods of their construction. Works from the Pojagi Series, which dates from 2003 to the present, range in size from an intimate 6" x 8" to a monumental 11' high. Made by women, pojagi were the sole creative outlet of Korean women during the rigidly Confucian era of the Chosun dynasty (1392-1910). These small square and rectangular textiles are decorated with…