Karma - closing each other's eyes
Among the many exhibits of the sculpture park "Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden" in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the most notable is the work of the Korean sculptor Do Ho Sa (Do Ho Suh) called "Karma".
Despite the fact that its height is only seven meters, the viewer gets the impression of the infinity of the sculpture due to its unusual fractal shape. In fact, the sculpture consists of 98 human figures made of stainless steel. A smaller bronze version of "Karma" can be found at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
"Karma" is the name of an installation by Korean sculptor Doo Hoo Sa. The installation is a sculpture of a group of people sitting on each other's shoulders, while covering each other's eyes with their hands. It looks like a ladder going up into the sky. At the sight of the sculpture, the question involuntarily arises: "Why?"
The installation, which resembles a symbolic silver-plated spine— is an allusion to evolution, during which each next generation should be spiritually higher than the previous one. Descendants, turning a blind eye to the sins and crimes of their forefathers, will rise, but will be forced to rely on the experience of previous generations.
Do Ho Su has attracted attention more than once with his ambiguous and controversial works. He believes that the use of a human figure in an installation always provokes reflection.