do ho suh at lehmann maupin gallery

do ho suh: home within home
lehmann maupin gallery, new york
september 8th - october 22nd, 2011

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

korean artist do ho suh presents 'home within home' at lehmann maupin gallery in new york. the series of sculptural works reflects
suh's continued investigation of themes surrounding cultural displacement and the co-existence of cultural identities,
along with the perception of our surroundings and how one is able to construct memory from a space.
the work draws on his own feeling of displacement, when he arrived in the U.S. in 1991 from his native country,
to study at the rhode island school of design (RISD), an experience which led him to measure spaces as a means of establishing
a relationship with his new environment. later in his artistic career, he developed the idea of taking these measurements
and using them to replicate and transport spaces. this exhibition shows the artist's constructions of these architectural expanses
and the elements within, which he has executed in a range of mediums including fabric, resin and styrofoam.
the show includes such works as 'fallen star 1/5', 'home within home' and his newest 'specimens', a series of nylon fabric objects-
replicas of objects remaining in his new york home as if all of its walls were to be removed.

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
specimen series, 2011
polyester fabric
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
fallen star 1/5 , 2009
abs, basswood, beech, ceramic, enamel paint, glass, honeycomb board,
lacquer paint, latex paint, led lights, pinewood, plywood, resin, spruce,
styrene, polycarbonate sheets and pvc sheets
approximately: 131 x 145 x 300 inches / 332.7 x 368.3 x 762 cm
courtesy of the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

suh's 'fallen star 1/5' and ' home within home' are ongoing projects which he began back in 2008, in which he has created replicas
of his childhood home in korea, and his adopted one in providence, rhode island.

'fallen star 1/5' reflects the chapter in suh's life, constructed to depict his journey from korea to america, which he describes as having felt
as if he was being 'dropped from the sky'. within this narrative, a tornado lifts suh and his korean house, transporting him to the U.S.
where the tornado drops him and his abode on a building in providence, rhode island. the work is a depiction of this crash
and the two homes fusing them together. 'it's my personal journey from korea to the U.S. and the story of the house that came along with me,
or brought me here,' says the artist.

do ho suh
fallen star 1/5 , 2009
abs, basswood, beech, ceramic, enamel paint, glass, honeycomb board,
lacquer paint, latex paint, led lights, pinewood, plywood, resin, spruce,
styrene, polycarbonate sheets and pvc sheets
approximately: 131 x 145 x 300 inches / 332.7 x 368.3 x 762 cm
courtesy of the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
fallen star 1/5 , 2009
abs, basswood, beech, ceramic, enamel paint, glass, honeycomb board,
lacquer paint, latex paint, led lights, pinewood, plywood, resin, spruce,
styrene, polycarbonate sheets and pvc sheets
approximately: 131 x 145 x 300 inches / 332.7 x 368.3 x 762 cm
courtesy of the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york

do ho suh
fallen star 1/5 , 2009
abs, basswood, beech, ceramic, enamel paint, glass, honeycomb board,
lacquer paint, latex paint, led lights, pinewood, plywood, resin, spruce,
styrene, polycarbonate sheets and pvc sheets
approximately: 131 x 145 x 300 inches / 332.7 x 368.3 x 762 cm
courtesy of the artist and lehmann maupin gallery, new york