ART-PRESENTATION: Do Ho Suh-Korridor
Do Ho Suh is known worldwide for his almost weightless transparent spaces made of fabric, accurate and full-size renditions of the homes he has lived in. The exhibition is the third in the Intermezzo series of art where the individual artworks are perceived and appreciated through more than just the faculty of sight.
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum Archive
Do Ho Suh’s solo exhibition “Korridor” at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is his first in Denmark. Do Ho Suh’s story is universal. Most people have experienced leaving one home and setting up another somewhere else. His works capture the particular feeling that can arise in connection with moving house. This is universal and isn’t always easy to put into words. Do Ho Suh’s work is relevant in a world where migration is becoming increasingly widespread and where there is a higher likelihood of people moving away from their original homes. In the white-painted gallery space, a 30-metre-long colourful sculptural installation gradually takes form. The installation is made of eight hand-sewn fabric passages connected end-to-end, so that people can walk through them from one end to the other and be enveloped in colourful translucent fabric. Each space is meticulously hand-sewn using traditional Korean techniques, accentuating the architectural lines and small details such as door handles, brackets, and electrical sockets. Each individual passage is deeply personal and special to Do Ho Suh, as they are ‘casts’ of corridors, passages, and hallways from the homes where he has lived in Seoul, Berlin, and London, respectively. To Do Ho Suh, the movement from one (fabric) space to the next becomes a symbol of his own journey from country to country or from one phase of life to the next. Do Ho Suh primarily works with sculpture, but his works also include two-dimensional works and films. He is fascinated by elements that give a sense of home, how we store the architecture of the home in our memories, and how the emotional aspects of these spatial experiences can be translated into visual language. Do Ho Suh is best known for his spectacular translucent fabric sculptures which reconstruct spaces on a 1:1 scale. His works spring from his own migratory history and experience of moving from South Korea to the USA and, later, to Europe. His personal life story, on which his works are based, is translated, via these sculptures, into a universal entity that everyone can relate to.
Info: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, ARoS Allé 2, Aarhus, Duration: 10/11/18-17/2/19, Days & Hours: Tue & Thu-Sun 10:00-17:00, Wed 10:00-22:00, https://en.aros.dk
