ART and GLOBALISM

Art and Globalism is by definition the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations. Globalism has its pros and cons it opens up boarders between nations artistically, culturally, economically and in many other ways, allowing information to be shared easily and more freely.
Globalism is the mass or the collective that is made up of individual or it can be viewed as the collective vs the individual.
The danger following globalism is the threat of the loss of the identity of the individual or of single nations as the attention is concentrated on the greater good of the whole, where the smaller people or countries may get left behind. Some argue that globalism creates opportunities that would never before had been possible for the individual.

Through his work Do-Ho Suh born in Korea 1962, shows this duality in globalism. The installation Some/One 2001 is thousands of metal dog tags which make up this emperors style of jacket or a coat of armor. This suggests of the thousands of people that may have lost their lives protecting a nation. Viewers are invited to walk on the jacket also.

















The installation Karma 2004, a giant pair of legs fashioning a mans suit walks with the shadow of hundreds of tiny men supporting his every step. A similar theme here is represented by the individual supporting the mass, or is the individual being crushed by the man in power?
















Fallen Star 1/5 literally shows the boarders of nations being lifted and cultures colliding as Suh shows his first home in Korea being catapulted into his first home in NY.

The other dilema facing globalism is the idea of the nomadic man wandering around the globe with nowhere to call home. Suh addresses this issue in his artworks Reflection 2005, where he creates these translucent buildings that he can pack up and take anywhere with him.