Cody Choi

"Difference is Beautiful" / neon signs, Taoism, language, Korea, English, light

2018

Nic Hess (*1968 in Zurich, where he also lives and works) studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the University of the Arts, Berlin. He got mainly known for his expansive installations and wall collages made of tapes and foils. With these, he deconstructed signs (logos) and symbols from the worlds of business and art history. “Alfa Romeo and Juventus” is a work for which he transferred his earlier ideas of playing with and deconstructing logos and symbols to a light box. We see and recognize several elements, depending on our knowledge of the world of the economic brands as well as of other fields. For instance, the panther to the left side of the piece is probably rather a fantasy figure and does not represent anything but itself (and power and possible violence). Just to the right of this panther we see an image of the famous Swiss mountain Matterhorn. However, since it has been turned 90° to the left, it forms a diamond together with the partly shown “car freshner tree”. Again, a little bit to the right we see a cowboy boot, that can be considered a symbol for the tough wild West in the US. This boot is connected with what seems to be an image of the Chrysler Building’s top, turned 90° to the right. However, if we look closer, we recognize that Hess was tricking us: what seems to be the Chrysler Building in fact is a repetitive image of an airplane cockpit, seen from above. While the nose of the smallest airplane is touching the tip of the pennant of the Italian soccer...

Silke Albrecht (* 1986 in Soest, lives and works Düsseldorf) studied at the Kunstakademie Münster with Prof. Michael van Ofen and later at the Kunst...

This work consists of four painted canvases as well as two wooden elements that were part of a piece of furniture before becoming a part of this installation. The measures of the ele...

Yelena Popova, who lives and works in Nottingham, is a British artist who was born in 1978 in the USSR. Before she studied art at the prestigious Royal College in London (between 200...

Florian Schmidt (*1980 in Raabs, Austria) lives in Berlin and works as an Artistic Associate at the Bauhaus-University, Weimar. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Au...

Florian Schmidt (*1980 in Raabs, Austria) lives in Berlin and works as an Artistic Associate at the Bauhaus-University, Weimar. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Au...

Ardan Özmenoğlu draws from her own experiences as a Turkish woman to explore ideas about history, popular culture, and the formation of a national and cultural identity. Known for he...

Ardan Özmenoğlu draws from her own experiences as a Turkish woman to explore ideas about history, popular culture, and the formation of a national and cultural identity. Known for he...

Ardan Özmenoğlu draws from her own experiences as a Turkish woman to explore ideas about history, popular culture, and the formation of a national and ...

This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...

This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...

This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...