SPACE June 2025 (No. 691)
Installation view of Nest/s (2024) ©Tate (Sonal Bakrania)
On May 1, Tate Modern invited visitors to the major solo exhibition of the artist Do Ho Suh, ‘The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House’. Presented in collaboration with Genesis Art Initiatives, the exhibition captures the various places and cities that the artist once called ‘home’. For the artist, a house is an object that can be disassembled, transported and reassembled in a new location. Charting three decades of his practice, including large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings, Suh successfully visualises his concept of an imaginary and transportable ‘home’. His latest installation, Nest/s (2024), and Perfect Home: London, Horsham, New York, Berlin, Providence, Seoul (2024) will be unveiled to the public for the first time. Nest/s, offers an immersive experience, prompting visitors to walk through a series of in-between spaces and rooms from buildings in Seoul, New York, London and Berlin. A key to understanding the work is ‘fabric architecture’, 1:1 scale structures sewn from a translucent yet colourful fabric. Meanwhile, Perfect Home: London, Horsham, New York, Berlin, Providence, Seoul extends these experiences to encounter smaller details such as doorknobs, switches and electrical outlets to reflect the idea of the ‘perfect home’ as it exists in his memory. This exhibition explores his notion of a home, from the hanok, a traditional Korean house, in which Suh spent his early life, to his current apartment in London. It will welcome visitors until Oct. 19.
