Soft sculpture

GO bokyung’s Soft Sculpture is a piece that reveals human perspective through the form of a vessel. Common vessels are made of hard materials such as glass or ceramic, but the artist has crafted one with the soft material of threads made from Korean traditional paper. With this, the artist overthrows our preconceived notions. Curiosity about the material arises in viewers’ minds, as it can appear hard or light depending on the light that penetrates through the gaps in the paper threads. The artist underscores the inevitable coexistence of reason and emotion when we observe objects or phenomena from a human perspective. She communicates both reason and emotion through the piece, in which the material properties of the medium and the function of the vessel clash, creating an experience in which our existing notions are changed and our horizons expanded.