Permanent Collection
Do Ho SUH
Countless tiny human figures in red, orange, and translucent plastic are arranged sitting on each other’s shoulders in a gentle gradated form, creating an object suspended from the ceiling in the manner of a chandelier. These figures linked identically speak of the inherited knowledge and memories from previous generations we are indebted to today. The “Cause and Effect”of the title reminds us that our lives are connected to those of others in an endless chain, resonating with both past and future.
Photo: Oyamada Kuniya
Courtesy the Artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York and Hong Kong
Do Ho SUH
Born 1962 in Seoul, South Korea; currently lives and works in London,UK. Earned his BFA in painting at Rhode Island School of Design, and MFA in sculpture at Yale University School of Art (US). Suh expresses feelings of cultural displacement through sculptures and immersive installations of domestic architecture and household items, his series of translucent fabric sculptures recreating to scale the textures and delicate details of spaces in which he has lived. Suh represented Korea at the 49th Venice Biennale (Italy, 2001). Recent solo exhibitions include “Passage/s” at Towada Art Center (Japan, 2018), “One: Do Ho Suh” at the Brooklyn Museum (New York, US, 2018) and “Robin Hood Gardens” at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, 2019).
2008
Acrylic, stainless steel wire
508×713×809 cm
