Do-Ho Suh


Priya Malhotra: Your work directly explores the relationship between the individual and space—understood both as an intimate, personal environment and as an arena for social relationships. You use different dimensions of space to examine the interaction between the individual and the collective, creating tension-filled works born out of this mutual interdependence. Where does your great interest in physical space come from?
Do-Ho Suh: My artistic inquiry doesn’t only concern physical space, but metaphorical space too, which includes the history, culture, and memories we all carry with us. I came to the United States in my late twenties; it was my first major separation from my family and my country, Korea. My coming to America was both symbolic and dramatic. As a student, I moved every year to find a cheaper place to live. The moving experience was really disorienting and that’s when I started thinking about space in a more general sense…


The full text is published in "tema celeste" No. 83, January-February 2001.




Priya Malhotra