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Jen Carlson
Published Mar 19, 2009
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Masking tape as art? Whatever! The Brooklyn Museum is making it so, however, with Sun K. Kwak's Enfolding 280 Hours installation. The New York-based artist has created her masterpiece from approximately three miles of black masking tape in the fifth-floor Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery. She began installing the piece, with help from assistants, in early February and guessed it would take around 280 hours to complete, thus the exhibit's title.
The artist told the Daily News, "People think it's paint, but when they come closer they're joyfully surprised. It's kind of fun." And the museum's curator noted that while "It's the most mundane office or school supply...masking tape can really transform a space and the way you experience it. It's rather magical." Just look at this headboard made from electrical tape!
The installation officially opens on March 27th, and will be running through July 5th—at which point the tape will be taken down, rolled in to balls, and tossed in the trash.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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