What's On / News

Towada Art Center, 10th Anniversary Exhibition,《Do Ho Suh: Passage/s》

posted 17 July 2018

Dates : 2 Jun 2018 - 14 Oct 2018
Venue : Japan, Towada city, Towada Art Center



Do Ho Suh,〈Hub 310 Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7ST, UK〉, PhotoⓒTaegsu Jeon, ⓒthe artist, ⓒLehmann Maupin, ⓒVictoria Miro

Do Ho Suh,〈Hub 310 Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7ST, UK〉, PhotoⓒTaegsu Jeon, ⓒthe artist, ⓒLehmann Maupin, ⓒVictoria Miro


In 《Passage/s》, Korean artist Do Ho Suh brings his latest fabric sculptures to the Towada Art Center, from June 2 to October 14, 2018. Also on view will be a video work that expresses his perspectives as he moves between London, New York, and Seoul, raising fundamental questions concerning humanity and identity, queries which become apparent when transitioning between cultures.
Suh's works across various media, creating drawings, film, and sculptural works that confront questions of home, physical space, displacement, and memory. Another part of Suh’s practice explores the relationship between the individual and the collective, exemplified in his installation Cause and Effect (2008), which is part of the permanent collection at the Towada Art Center. it is displayed in the museum’s largest exhibition space, with a nine meter high ceiling. This beautiful diaphanous work is composed of tens of thousands of red, orange, and transparent piggy-backing resin figurines suspended from the ceiling in a radial array. Sparkling like a chandelier undr the lighting, the work gives us a feeling of the splendor of life, while at the same time expressing a metempsychosic conception?that life and death are merely two sides of the same coin?endlessly cycling back and forth in an eternal and unbroken line. Filling the aperture window facing the street, this exhibition room symbolizes the concept of the Towada Art Center; that art opens to the city. The exhibition period will be until midterm of October in this year.



Do Ho Suh, 〈Cause and Effect〉, 2008. Acrylic resin, aluminum disc, stainless steel frame, stainless steel cable, monofilament, 295 × 120 cm.ⓒthe artist ⓒTowa Art Center

Do Ho Suh, 〈Cause and Effect〉, 2008. Acrylic resin, aluminum disc, stainless steel frame, stainless steel cable, monofilament, 295 × 120 cm.ⓒthe artist ⓒTowa Art Center

The Artist. PhotoⓒDaniel Dorsa, ⓒthe artist, ⓒVictoria Miro

The Artist. PhotoⓒDaniel Dorsa, ⓒthe artist, ⓒVictoria Miro


More info:
Homepage http://towadaartcenter.com
Telephone 81 176 20 1127

 

Recently Search Word