Image © do ho suh courtesy the artist and lehmann maupin, new york and hong kong
photo by taegsu jeon
photo by taegsu jeon
"korean artist do ho suh presents his first solo exhibition at lehmann maupin gallery in hong kong, a site-specific installation of sculptural artworks. the collection is a continuation of his new york specimen series, which designboom previously covered here,
and consists of six life-size replicas of various household appliances
from his personal apartment on west 22nd street in manhattan. a bathtub,
toilet, medicine cabinet, radiator, kitchen stove and refrigerator are
all structurally rendered in full-scale, using the artist’s signature
polyester material. the near-translucent fabrications reveal each item’s
inner workings, exposing the technical, semi-architectural framework of
their build. the almost weightless wire structures are an extension of
his study of themes surrounding cultural displacement, the establishment
of relationships within new environments, and memories as both physical
and metaphorical manifestations."
This work reminds me of Macato Murayama's blueprint like Inorganic Flora flowers.
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