Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Asian art collection, currently on view in

 Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Asian art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.Ran Hwang creates an image of traditional Korean roof forms, composed from hundreds of buttons suspended from metal pins protruding from a white ground. The roof structures depicted are based on Joseon dynasty palaces and Buddhist temples in Seoul—but the artist exaggerates the curvature of the rooftops and places the structures on a precious, precarious foundation of chandelier-like forms. These alterations, together with the slight movement of the suspended buttons, suggest that the structures could fly away or scatter on the wind of the title. ⠀⠀ Ran Hwang (South Korean, born 1960). East Wind, 2012. Plastic and metal buttons and beads, metal pins, wood panel. #BrooklynMuseum, Gift of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild, by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 2012.27a-c. © artist or artist’s estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery, New York)⠀ -- source link

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