WellingtonNZ.com, New Zealand

Two new contemporary art projects have opened on Sculpture Terrace: A Loss, Again by Ronnie van Hout and Oddooki by Seung Yul Oh. 

The Inner Terrace hosts A Loss, Again (until June 2010), in which van Hout examines loss and memory of his father and his locked tool shed. A Loss, Again comprises two replicas of the shed. One shed contains the objects - tools, ropes, shelves, boxes, a fridge - from the original shed, the other emanates sound and light suggesting an unseen occupant engaged in activity within.

Van Hout’s work abounds with replicas, usually based on self-portraits — plastic head casts, life-sized body doubles, videotaped monologues. In this case he has created a portrait of both himself and his father through the use of the shed (doubled for ‘father’ and ‘son’) and its objects, sound, video and light. Through these resonant objects and devices van Hout represents his father and himself. 

Interests: Exhibitions