Inverted Monument – Plaza visualizes an anti-monument—an idea Suh has been engaged with since the beginning of his career. Suh associates the vertical orientation of the monument with the violence of imperialism, here it is subverted and becomes a burrowing vessel. The figure sits at the center of a classic civic square or plaza before it is pulled in on itself to create a hollow form. The work reveals the emptiness of human history, a history of gaps, erasure, and selectivity. (Text courtesy of Art Sonje Center)