Folding Screen for Wind, 2017, steel, textile, (201.8x88.3x250cm)x3, Commission for the Sea Art Festival 2017
Folding Screen for Wind In
the East, the folding screen not only divides space as a type of screen, but
also blocks drafts of wind from the outside. Duport¡¯s steel folding screens
reference the Korean traditional folding screen, while the French word ¡®Paravent¡¯
demonstrates its relation to the wind and the site-specificity of the work. The
various shapes of the openings on these screens allow the fabric attached on
the sculpture to flutter like flags and kites, making perceptible the gentle
breeze between land and ocean. For the artist, colors in the sculpture are an
important element as he attempts to establish the relationship between painting
and sculpture. In this work, the colors are revealed through the metallic
structure itself and the fluttering cloths attached to the top.
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