The houses we live in...
8:59 a.m.The Tate Modern, in London, is housing a very special experience these days: you can literally walk through all the homes Do Ho Suh lived in and worked in, from his first residence in Seoul, to his house in New York, and finally his London apartment. It's a straightforward path that explores thirty years of the artist's life in this exhibition called Walk the House.
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
The placard explains that "Walk the House" is a Korean expression the artist heard as a child from the carpenters who built his house in Seoul (a hanok), which could be assembled, moved to another location, and reassembled: the house walks. It is through this memory that the artist maintains that in our own lives, we carry and metaphorically take with us all the places we inhabit, as well as the memories that took place in those spaces. The relationship between architecture, the body, and memory is the central theme of Suh's work, a work filled with melancholy.
Walk the House, by Do Ho Suh
Tate Modern
This constellation of works is accompanied by a transparent, enclosed space in which faucets, doorknobs, showers, handles, and knockers made of transparent fabric are placed at different heights. These are everyday elements used to open doors, wash dishes, or shower, but they have lost their functionality and are now being observed as art.
Also included is a child's apron, like those used for painting, except that it is covered with several pockets filled with children's objects.
Also included is a child's apron, like those used for painting, except that it is covered with several pockets filled with children's objects.
Time Pockets, by Do Ho Suh (2021)
Materials: polyester, cotton and objects
Suh and Rebecca Boyle Suh created these tunics with pockets together so their 8- and 10-year-old children could choose their favorite objects and, by preserving them in this work, continue to carry them through their lives over time. Once again, we see the artist's interest in the relationship between something that contains (the pocket), the object (pencils, toys), and the body (the apron they wore as children).
Doorknobs: Horsharn, London, New York, Providence, Seoul, Venice Homes, by Do Ho Suh (2021)Materials: objects, polyester and stainless steel wire.
This solo exhibition is another step in the history of this established and market-favored artist, who at the last Art Basel in Miami sold a panel covered in handles for $200,000, in an edition of five.
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