Earl Park

For centuries, humans have visualized halos as a golden ring in paintings, or as a disk behind the head in sculptures. In modern times, it became possible to easily visualize the light of a halo as light itself. Light in the present age is no more something special with as much authority as in the past, nor is it a possession of a few. The universalization of matter through technology has diluted the quality of divinity and authority based on scarcity of matter.
The artist created the ‘DIY Portable Halo’ with a work lamp and a harness vest that he has been using. By creating a halo using lighting equipment that is commonly seen around us, he poses a question if the conventional concepts such as divinity or authority symbolized by the halo are still valid in the present age, when light is materialized and universalized.

Dimensions: dimensions variable
Materials: Lighting lamp, Harness vest, Synthetic resin, Steel

Exhibition
From now to now, Gallery Wall, Ulsan, KR (2022.07.15 ~ 24)
Mechanics of Mythology, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, KR (2021.02.16 ~ 03.07)