Karma is an intriguing sculptural installation by Korean artist Do Ho
Suh that presents countless men sitting atop one another while shielding
each other's eyes. Like his Cause & Effect piece, which features a
spectacular tornado of figurines, Karma presents figurative sculptures
ascending into the sky like a human ladder. However, in addition to
being perched on each other's shoulders, they are successively blinding
one another which leads one to wonder: Why? The artist has caught our
attention over the years with misplaced houses, a robe made of dog tags,
and symbolic floor installations; but it's his use of the human form
that is most thought-provoking. His work continually questions one's
identity and individuality by using the human body. These stainless
steel men, though recognizably different entities, appear to move as
one. While the piece is open for interpretation, it makes one question
whether the idea behind it is to present the figure of a man blindly
following in the path of his ancestors before him, who have risen a step
closer to the heavens with each new successor in the lineage.
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