Michael Joo

PROVENANCE: Courtesy of the Artist

A double terminated quartz crystal from a cluster collected by the artist from a mine in Arkansas is supended
in a shock absorbing resin. From dark to light, liquid to solid, and moving towards clarity in cloudy and uncertain times… The few works in this edition were begun in 2010, just completed in June 2020, and includes a hand drawn certificate of authenticity.

Michael Joo is a New York based artist whose work asks fundamental questions about identity and the human condition, such as: “of what are we made; how do we relate to our environment; and, are we a part of, or apart from nature?” He has had numerous solo and group gallery and institutional exhibitions of his work, including The Menil Collection, Serpentine Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, Rodin Gallery (Samsung Foundation), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, MIT’s List Visual Arts Center, and the Freer|Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution, among others. In 2001 Joo and Doho Suh represented Korea at the Venice Biennale, and Joo was a co-recipient of the grand prize at the 2006 Gwangju Biennial. His works are held in numerous public collections around the world, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Denver Art Museum, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Savannah College of Art and Design, the Israel Museum,
Moderna Museet Stockholm, UCLA Hammer Museum, and Walker Art Center.