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Do Ho Suh, Apartment A, Unit 2, Corridor and Staircase, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (detail), 2011–14, installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2016, © Do Ho Suh, photo courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, by Pablo Mason
Exhibition
Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street
10 Nov 2019 – 26 Sep 2021
Regular hours
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 19:00
Cost of entry
People Residing in L.A. County with Valid ID
Members Free
After 3 pm, Mon–Fri Free
Youth (12 & under) Free
Teens (13–17) Free
Adults $20
Seniors (65+ with ID) $16
Students (18+ with ID) $16
People Residing Outside L.A. County
Members Free
After 3 pm, Mon–Fri $25
Youth (12 & under) Free
Teens (13–17) $10
Adults $25
Seniors (65+ with ID) $21
Students (18+ with ID) $21
Address
- 5905 Wilshire Blvd
- Los Angeles
California - CA 90036
- United States
Do Ho Suh’s works elicit a physical manifestation of memory, exploring ideas of personal history, cultural tradition, and belief systems in the contemporary world.
About
Best known for his full-size, fabric-and-steel reconstructions of his former residences in South Korea, Rhode Island, Berlin, London, and New York, Suh’s creations of physicalized memory address issues of home, displacement, individuality, and collectivity, articulated through the architecture of domestic space.
A recent gift to LACMA, 348 West 22nd Street (2011–15) replicates the artist’s ground-floor residence from a single New York building. Created in luminous swaths of translucent polyester, the dreamlike rooms and hallways are supported by a subtle stainless-steel armature. In this immersive passageway of conjoined rooms, visitors pass through an ephemeral, ghostly representation of the artist’s personal history. The corridor, stairs, apartment, and studio are each rendered in a single block of color, with fixtures and appliances replicated in exacting detail. Fusing traditional Korean sewing techniques with 3D mapping technologies, the maze-like installation of 348 West 22nd Street balances intricate construction with delicate monumentality.
Born in South Korea in 1962, Suh moved to the United States in 1991 and currently lives between New York, London, and Seoul. Inspired by his own history of migration, Suh’s ethereal, malleable architecture presents an intimate world both deeply familiar and profoundly estranged.
