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Sang Sik Hong Creates Powerful & Sexy Art by Carefully Arranging Thousands of Straws

12/26/2011
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    Korean artist <a title="Korean Artist Sang Sik Hong Unveiles Powerful &amp; Sexy Art Made from Thousands of Straws" href="http://www.patrajdas.com/artists/HongSS/hong.html" target="_blank">Sang Sik Hong</a> recently unveiled a stunning series of large-scale art installations gracefully constructed from thousands of standard drinking straws. Showcased at the <a title="Korean Artist Sang Sik Hong Unveiles Powerful &amp; Sexy Art Made from Thousands of Straws" href="http://www.scope-art.com/index.php/artshow/miami-2011/about" target="_blank">Scope Art Fair</a> in Miami, Hong's work comments on human desire, power, and sex - and the installations only reveal what they're made of if you look closely. Click through the images to discover how this <a title="Korean Artist Sang Sik Hong Unveiles Powerful &amp; Sexy Art Made from Thousands of Straws" href="http://www.mokwon.ac.kr/eng/index.html" target="_blank">Mokwon University</a> graduate transforms cheap, flimsy straws into captivating artworks that portray human desires.
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  • Sang Sik Hong sexy powerful straw sculptures
    Sang Sik Hong works magic with standard drinking <a title="Korean Artist Sang Sik Hong Unveiles Powerful &amp; Sexy Art Made from Thousands of Straws" href="http://inhabitat.com/lamp-party-rainbow-colored-lights-made-of-recycled-straws-cups-and-plates/" target="_blank">straws</a> to creating eye-popping art.
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  • Sang Sik Hong sexy powerful straw sculptures
    By carefully arranging thousands of plastic straws, he manages to de-contextualize the plastic tubes and create fantastic 3D installations.
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  • Sang Sik Hong sexy powerful straw sculptures
    Taking the material to the limit, the Korean artist ironically uses the flimsy straws to create strong images that resonate with themes of power, and desire.
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  • Sang Sik Hong sexy powerful straw sculptures
    Hong's finished works depict human body parts like full lips, eyes, faces, and hands in soft pinks and yellows, and they must have taken countless hours to produce.
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  • Sang Sik Hong sexy powerful straw sculptures
    We love seeing innovative new applications for everyday objects, and Hong's sculptures are truly captivating - we just hope he reuses the straws after the exhibition is finished.
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    Sang Sik Hong is represented by <a href="http://www.patrajdas.com/">Patrajdas</a>, a Philadelphia-based Contemporary Art Gallery.
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Sang Sik Hong sexy powerful straw sculptures

Korean artist Sang Sik Hong recently unveiled a stunning series of large-scale art installations gracefully constructed from thousands of standard drinking straws. Showcased at the Scope Art Fair in Miami, Hong's work comments on human desire, power, and sex - and the installations only reveal what they're made of if you look closely. Click through the images to discover how this Mokwon University graduate transforms cheap, flimsy straws into captivating artworks that portray human desires.

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