Mother’s Table

source: ginnyhuo

This installation is an imitation of the preservation used for the dining room table in the house where I was raised. It demonstrates the paradox in which people buy things that are meant for daily use, but go through great length to protect them.

Ginny Huo is an interdisciplinary artist that creates social sculptures and performative installations. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and lived in various places in the United States and Korea. She has a BFA with a concentration in sculpture from Brigham Young University. Ginny received her Master of Fine Arts at the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of the Arts in Baltimore, MD. Her work discusses ideas of cross-culturalism, fear, anxiety, myths, duality of belief and disbelief, and interactions based on meta-communication. The work involves creating structures that act as playful platforms of interaction between participants.
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source: washingtoncitypaper

Nineteen students from area schools, including American University, George Washington University, Corcoran College of Art and Design, and University of Maryland, were selected to show their work in Conner’s annual MFA/ BFA show “Academy 2011”—but the 11 Maryland Institute College of Art students may win the most attention. In Ginny Huo’s “Mother’s Table,” pictured, a taxidermied dog perches under a dining table, with tennis balls affixed to the feet of the table, chairs, and dog to protect the Pergo floor. Less tongue-in-cheek is Dan Gioia’s “Sphere,” a globe of sod, which puts a new spin on earth art, literally (you can spin it!). More contemplative pieces include American University student Emily Biondo’s “Shrouded,” a prayer shawl woven from speaker wire accompanied by an audio piece of religious services digitally pieced together. From the Corcoran, Sierra Suris’ photos of “Missed Connections” are also intriguing. Part art-object, part process documentation, the photos capture authors of the wistful Craigslist ads and pose them at the place they missed their connections. Suris’ images somberly capture the physical disconnect and vulnerability in our virtually networked world.