Artist Creates a Colorful Mosaic of 1,000 Doors in Seoul
South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa's "Doors" installation. (Courtesy Choi Jeong-Hwa)
This surreal construct is one of the many public art projects by South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa, whose love of found objects and anti-institutional approach to art is known internationally (he once hung strings of sparkling garbage around Seoul Olympic Stadium). The 10-story tall installation called Doors is comprised of 1,000 reused, brightly colored doors transformed into a rustic and visually indulgent object evoking a pixelated and painterly effect from afar, perhaps reminiscent of an abstract Klimt painting. Alternatively, the installation can also be read less glamorously as a mirror to Seoul’s increasingly ad-dominated cityscape where Doors resembles a jarring collection of ads to the point of irony. (Via Colossal.)
South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa's "Doors" installation. (Courtesy Choi Jeong-Hwa)
South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa's "Doors" installation. (Courtesy Choi Jeong-Hwa)
South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa's "Doors" installation. (Courtesy Choi Jeong-Hwa)
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I live in Seoul and my friend in the US wants me to go have a look at Doors, but I haven’t been able to find where it is- except for a 명륜동, 원주/안동. If you have time, please send me some exact information about the location. Thank you!
It was indeed in 종로구 명륜동, Seoul Women’s University construction site. Unfortunately, this is most likely no longer there; what I hear is that this installation was a cover-up for the construction– when the construction is done, it’s gone.
I’d heard about it but never did see it… and I’ve been living in Jongno for over 6 years! Funny how that project is being renovated at this point in time. Thank you for your reply.
if you’re the first your good. well thought i feel like going out.
A truly amazing structure and one that only an artist would think of! I am wondering though which door is the entrance???