Do-Ho Suh

Lehmann Maupin, New York
Private Collection, New York

This work is in excellent condition overall. There are no known condition issues.
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Do Ho Suh began his art making practice of constructing fabric-architectures in 1994. The work Gate from 2005 celebrates this decade long exploration in monumental form. The sculpture is from a series of three-dimensional works the artist titled 'house' sculptures. The work Gate was constructed of delicate, translucent silk with a metal frame work providing its structure and form. The arch way is not solid but rather filled with seeping light and air while seemingly suspended from the heavens. Consequently, the sculpture has a ghostly affect that elicits feelings of longing for home and the mourning associated with recollections of the past.

Commenting on a work from the same series in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the artist recalled: "New York is crazy...I couldn't sleep well, and I was thinking, the last time I had a really good sleep was back in Korea. So I thought: how am I going to bring that space? Physically, it's impossible. So I came up with the idea of transportable fabric. I want to carry my house, my home, with me all the time, like a snail."