LACMA: Do Ho Suh reproduces his New York apartment with fabric

Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street is the installation by the Korean artist reproducing his ground-floor apartment in New York City. A domestic space exploring issues like home and displacement.  

Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street (2011-15) is the installation on show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), received as an anonymous gift. Curated by Meghan Doherty, the work is a replica of the artist’s ground-floor apartment in New York City, an ethereal architecture inspired by his own history of migration that has both a familiar and estranged meaning.

The Korean artist often leaves traces of the personal history and cultural tradition in his artistic productions – like in the reconstructions of residences in Seoul, Providence, New York, Berlin and London, all of them made of fabric – and introduces topics like home, displacement, individuality and collectivity. The immersive installation, made of luminous swaths of translucent polyester and supported by stainless-steel tubes, reproduces with attention spaces and details: 348 West 22nd Street is the result of the meeting of traditional Korean sewing techniques with digital mapping tools.

Exhibition:
348 West 22nd Street, Apartment A, Unit-2, Corridor and Staircase. 2011-15
Artista:
Do Ho Suh
Curator:
Meghan Doherty
Venue:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Resnick Pavilion
Where:
Los Angeles, California
Opening dates:
November 10, 2019-Ongoing

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