L’artista coreano Do Ho Suh ha sempre vissuto una vita itinerante , costretto a continui trasferimenti, e le sue opere riproducono in scala 1:1 gli scheletri delle case in cui ha vissuto , realizzati interamente con materiali e tessuti semitrasparenti .
Combinando così gli spazi interni della sua anima e dei suoi ricordi con quelli esterni, tenta di rappresentare simbolicamente la sensazione di non appartenere mai realmente a un luogo, perché già proiettato a una nuova partenza.
Il suo lavoro più noto è l’installazione Home Within Home , ospitata dal National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art di Seul, che replica a grandezza naturale la casa paterna in cui è cresciuto . L’opera riproduce fedelmente anche gli interni dell’abitazione, contenendo scale e oggetti di uso quotidiano come lampade, gabinetti e frigoriferi.
Do Ho Suh – Home within Home within Home within Home within Home (detail), 2013 – Polyester fabric, metal frame – 602.36 x 505.12 x 510.63 inches – Courtesy National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Do Ho Suh – Home within Home within Home within Home within Home, 2013 – Polyester fabric, metal frame – 602.36 x 505.12 x 510.63 inches – Courtesy National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Do Ho Suh – Home within Home within Home within Home within Home, 2013 – Polyester fabric, metal frame – 602.36 x 505.12 x 510.63 inches – Courtesy National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Installation view, Do Ho Suh: Passage/s 1 February – 18 March 2017 – Victoria Miro Gallery II, 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW – Photo: Thierry Bal © Do Ho Suh – Courtesy the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, and Victoria Miro, London
Installation view, Do Ho Suh: Passage/s 1 February – 18 March 2017, Victoria Miro Gallery II, 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW – Photo: Thierry Bal © Do Ho Suh – Courtesy the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, and Victoria Miro, London
Installation view, Do Ho Suh: Passage/s 1 February – 18 March 2017 – Victoria Miro Gallery II, 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW – Photo: Thierry Bal © Do Ho Suh – Courtesy the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, and Victoria Miro, London
Do Ho Suh, Apartment A, Unit 2, Corridor and Staircase, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (detail), 2011–2014 – Polyester fabric and stainless steel tubes – Apartment A, 271 2/3 x 169 3/10 x 96 7/16 inches – Unit 2, 422 7/16 x 228 1/3 x 96 1/16 inches. Corridor and Staircase, 488 3/16 x 66 1/8 x 96 7/16 inches – Installation view, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center, Austin, 2014 – Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons – Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong.
Do Ho Suh, Apartment A, Unit 2, Corridor and Staircase, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (detail), 2011–2014 – Polyester fabric and stainless steel tubes – Apartment A, 271 2/3 x 169 3/10 x 96 7/16 inches – Unit 2, 422 7/16 x 228 1/3 x 96 1/16 inches. Corridor and Staircase, 488 3/16 x 66 1/8 x 96 7/16 inches – Installation view, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center, Austin, 2014 – Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons – Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong
Do Ho Suh – Apt. A, Corridors and Staircases, 348 West 22nd Street, New York NY 10011, USA, 20112012, 2015 – Polyester fabric and stainless steel tubes – 383.46 x 66.14 x 457.87 inches (overall) 974 x 168 x 1163 cm – Installation view of Do Ho Suh at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan – Photos: Jeon, Taegsu – Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong
Do Ho Suh – Apt. A, Corridors and Staircases, 348 West 22nd Street, New York NY 10011, USA, 20112012 (detail), 2015 – Polyester fabric and stainless steel tubes – 383.46 x 66.14 x 457.87 inches (overall) 974 x 168 x 1163 cm – Installation view of Do Ho Suh at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan – Photos: Jeon, Taegsu – Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong
Do Ho Suh – Radiator, Stove and Toilet – 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, 2011/2013 – Polyester fabric, stainless steel wire, display case with LED lighting – Photo: Taegsu Jeon – Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong