Do Ho Suh's Dual Exhibitions and Monograph Explore Home, Memory, and Transience

Do Ho Suh presented dual exhibitions titled "Do Ho Suh: Drawings" at Lehmann Maupin's two New York locations from September 11 through October 25, 2014. The shows coincided with the release of the artist's first English-language monograph, featuring essays by Clara Kim, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, and Rochelle Steiner. Suh's works on paper defy conventional categorization, blending drawing, sculpture, and architectural documentation. His practice investigates themes of home, memory, immigration, and transience, often recreating his former residences in various materials. Notable series include the "Rubbing/Loving" project, where Suh and assistants made graphite tracings of architectural surfaces, sometimes blindfolded, beginning with a presentation at the 2012 Gwangju Biennial that referenced the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. At the Chrystie Street gallery, rubbings from Gwangju were reconfigured into freestanding wooden rooms with ambient sound. The 26th Street gallery featured a ghostly recreation of Suh's former apartment at 348 West 22nd Street. Other works include the "Bridge Project," depicting an impossible home between New York and Seoul, and thread-and-watercolor drawings exploring interconnectedness, often titled with the word "Karma." Suh's oeuvre includes translucent fabric reconstructions of homes like a traditional Korean hanok and his first U.S. apartment in Providence, Rhode Island, installed in locations such as Liverpool and UC San Diego.