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Soo Sunny Park Creates New Work for the Smithsonian

  • art installation surrounding door of the futures exhibition. Colorful squares of plexiglass.

    Expanded Present by Park during daylight. (Photo by Albert Ting)

  • Night view of exhibitions. Colorful plexiglass lit up with lights, casting colorful reflections on building

    Soo Sunny Park’s Expanded Present at night at the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building)

  • Portrait of Soo Sunny Park

    Soo Sunny Park at her studio working on the stainless steel mesh forms for Expanded Present. (Photo by Macaulay Lerman)

Artist Soo Sunny Park has always been drawn to the idea of threshold in her work and the idea of liminal space, or the space between two things. It's a concept that is embodied in her recent installation, Expanded Present, which will grace the main entrance of the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., through July.

Read the full article by Amy Olson here.