Lot 47: NOH SUNTAG (b.1971)

NOH SUNTAG (b.1971)
Red-House #I-013, 2005
chromogenic print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '5/5' in ink on printed label on backing board
31½ x 47in. (80 x 120cm.) overall

Noh Suntag: State of Emergency, Hatje Cantz, 2008, p.165.

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Noh photographed the Arirang Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea for a magazine assignment in 2005. The Festival, famed for its mass games, is orchestrated once a year at the May Day Stadium to celebrate the late Communist leader Kim Il-Sung's birthday and is accessible to western media. This photograph of a sea of dancers performing a synchronised dance alludes to the relationship between the individual and the masses within North Korean society. Noh's works have been shown internationally, including a 2008 solo exhibition at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and are held in a number of collections, including the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.
Number 5 from the sold-out edition of 5.