Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by David Scherrer.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by David Scherrer.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson, 2020.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by Matthew Anderson, 2020.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by David Scherrer.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by David Scherrer, 2012.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by David Scherrer.
Artwork copyright Do Ho Suh. Photo courtesy of Western Washington University, by David Scherrer.
Cause and Effect, 2012
Do Ho Suh
South Korean (born 1962)
Location: Western Washington University, Bellingham
About the Artwork
Cause and Effect is a monumental suspended sculpture created by artist Do Ho Suh. He hung strands of over 1,200 cast resin figures, stacked in graduated colors, to create the overall Tornado-like form. The sculpture explores ideas of power and identity. He notes, "The work is an attempt to decipher the boundaries between a single identity and a larger group, and how the two conditions coexist. Cause and Effect metaphorically places the individual within an intricate web of destiny and fate branching from a belief that every being is spawned from the lives he or she may have lived previously." Americans for the Arts named this artwork one of the top 50 public art projects of 2012.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Western Washington University.
About the Artist
Do Ho Suh is a celebrated Korean artist who creates sculptural and site-specific installations that explore space, identity, and the relationship between the individual and the collective. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University in Connecticut.
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