“Do Ho Suh:
Speculations” Poster image ©Art Sonje CenterArt
Sonje Center presents a solo exhibiton by Do Ho Suh, “Do Ho Suh: Speculations”
on view through November 3. The exhibition will be a chance to experience the
artist’s reflections on life, the world and his imaginings of the future, as
this body of work explores what might be possible in different or future
worlds.
“Do Ho
Suh: Speculations” presents themes that Suh has continually explored through
his career over the past 20 years—including time, personal space, memory and
movement— organized around the overarching concept of “speculation”. In Suh’s
work, “speculation” is a word that encompasses aspects of contemplation,
inferences, hypotheses, suggestions, and imaginings that relate to interactions
between individuals, communities and the environment.
Throughout
his career, Suh has pushed the boundaries of site-specific art by rendering the
spaces he has physically inhabited, such as his home or studio, in fabric. If
his previous works provided an experience of his spaces, “Do Ho Suh:
Speculations” provides viewers an opportunity to experience Suh’s process of
contemplating alternative possibilities. Rather than presenting “completed
works”, this exhibition focuses on the process, concepts and investigations. It
is a visual representation of Suh’s lines of thought.
The
Ground on level 1F introduces Suh’s Bridge Project, which originated
from the artist's imagination of his perfect home. The subsequent new iteration
of Suh’s Bridge Project is unveiled at Art Sonje for the first time. For
this version, Suh’s current home in London is included. The ‘perfect home’ is
now equidistant between Seoul, New York, and London.
Do Ho
Suh’s works in Space 1 are speculative in nature as a result of physical,
conceptual or practical obstacles. In Space 2, Suh’s Dong In Apartments
(2022) and Robin Hood Gardens, Woolmore Street, London E14 0HG (2018),
which explore time, memory and the meaning of communities through the lens of
shared housing complexes that are vanishing due to redevelopment, are shown
sequentially.
