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Koo Kyung Sook

Invisible

2003

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Koo Kyung Sook

Invisible

2003

Physical Qualities Color inkjet print on mulberry paper, Sheet: 1325 x 960 mm. (52 3/16 x 37 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Purchased as the gift of Sylvia Cordish, Baltimore
Object Number 2007.178
For "Invisible," Koo Kyung Sook impressed her body on bubble wrap coated with photo-developer on a grid of photographic paper. The applied developer acts like ink on the exposed paper. These sheets were scanned into a computer and printed on handmade Mulberry paper. This is one of a series of body prints the artist made while undergoing treatment for cancer.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2006; Charles M. Young Fine Arts, Portland, CT
Ann Shafer, BMA, "On the Mark: Contemporary Works on Paper," 3 July - 12 September 2010.

Inscribed: lower right verso in graphite: "1/4 Kyung-Sook Koo '04"

Artist

Koo Kyung Sook

1959–2000

Korean, born 1960
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