About the artwork
Korean artist Ran Hwang is known for her intricate large-scale wall installations that use exquisite materials from the fashion industry, such as beads, buttons, pins and threads. In this captivating work, Hwang uses a myriad of white and black buttons to form a cherry blossom tree. Her nuanced placement of buttons on the canvas creates a sense of gentle movement, illustrating the falling of petals from the tree. By recontextualising ordinary materials through her laborious working process, Hwang transforms them to be seen anew, beyond their traditional, functional context.
About the artist
Ran Hwang graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and subsequently went on to attain her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the Graduate School of Arts Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea. This Korean-born artist currently resides and practices her craft in New York, and is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale wall installations with exquisite materials from the fashion industry such as beads, buttons, pins and thread. A multiple award winner, Ran Hwang has completed many residencies and her works have been exhibited across the globe, including Korea, Switzerland, USA and France, and collected by distinguished hotels, museums and companies.