January 23, 2023
Do Ho Suh: Immortalising home
Paula Latiegui

Do Ho Suh's solo exhibition that deals on the relationship between body, space and memory will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney until 26 February.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney is exhibiting the first solo show in the south-eastern hemisphere, as part of the 2022/2023 Sydney International Art Series, by acclaimed South Korean artist Do Ho Suh, known for his large-scale works and architectural installations that seek to reflect and link the relationship between body, space and memory.

Life-size paper version of artist Do Ho Suh childhood home. Photo: The West Australian

Do Ho Suh is one of the artist's most comprehensive projects to date, offering the opportunity to experience works of art in practically all their formats. The large-scale installations are joined by sculptures, drawings, prints and videos. All inspired by the different cultures he has experienced living in, from South Korea, where he spent his childhood, to New York, Berlin and London, where he has found his family home.

Do Ho Suh, Hub Series, installation view. Photo: ARTS Hub
Known for his large-scale works and architectural installations that seek to reflect and link the relationship between body, space and memory.

Highlights include Suh's Rubbing/Loving Project: Seoul Home, a life-size reconstruction of his childhood home made from paper drafts, which is on display in the MCA's North Gallery on Level 1.

Do Ho Suh’s Floor (1997-2000). Photo: The Sydney Morning Herald

There is also Hub, which allows visitors to walk through shimmering interconnected fabric structures; Staircase-III, on loan from the Tate Collection and featuring a hand-stitched fabric staircase; and Floor, a vast floor installation with thousands of tiny sculpted figures holding transparent glass plates under visitors' feet.

All inspired by the different cultures he has experienced living in, from South Korea, where he spent his childhood, to New York, Berlin and London, where he has found his family home.
Do Ho Suh portrait. Photo: MCA Sydney

Spanning three decades, from the 1990s to the present day, the artist's solo exhibition, curated by Rachel Kent, CEO of the Bundanon Trust NSW, with MCA Associate Curator Megan Robson, will be on view until 26 February 2023.