“Is dwelling a spot, a sense, or an concept?” That’s the lofty but immanently relatable query on the coronary heart of Do Ho Suh’s main survey open now at Tate Modern. The London-based Korean artist (previously) explores notions of belonging, connection, consolation, safety, and familiarity in large-scale installations that replicate his personal houses in Seoul, London, and New York, amongst a spread of vibrant multimedia works.
Suh is thought for his use of gossamer cloth to create immersive, monumental installations. In The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Stroll the Home, the artist “examines the intricate relationship between structure, house, the physique, and the recollections and moments that make us who we’re,” the museum says.
Guests are invited to stroll via “Nest/s,” for instance, an expansive assemblage of colourful, sheer textile buildings that hyperlink collectively to kind a passageway or conduit. Because the boundaries between inside and exterior are blurred, we’re invited to expertise structure from the angle of motion and notion, highlighting how all of our interactions with different houses or locations are inherently linked.
Points round shelter, security, and group are inextricably tied to how we understand dwelling, particularly when for a lot of all over the world, these fundamental wants are in fixed peril or upended with out warning. “Suh asks well timed questions in regards to the enigma of dwelling, id, and the way we transfer via and inhabit the world round us,” an announcement says.
The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Stroll the Home continues in London via October 19. Plan your go to on the museum’s website, and comply with updates on Suh’s Instagram.
