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Do Ho Suh's 'Rubbing/Loving Project: Dormitory Room' Installation Commissioned for Gwangju Biennale 2012

exhibition · 2026-04-22

Do Ho Suh created 'Rubbing/Loving Project: Dormitory Room at Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Institute' in 2012, a large-scale installation measuring 154.33 x 131.5 x 105.12 inches. The work was commissioned specifically for the Gwangju Biennale 2012. It incorporates colored pencil drawings in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black on paper, combined with a wooden structure, video monitor, player, and speaker. The piece represents a dormitory room from the Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Institute. The artwork is represented by Lehmann Maupin galleries in New York and Hong Kong. Information about the installation was published on artcritical.com on October 16, 2014. The work demonstrates Suh's ongoing exploration of architectural space and memory through meticulous reproduction techniques. The multi-media approach combines traditional drawing with contemporary video elements.

Key facts

  • Do Ho Suh created 'Rubbing/Loving Project: Dormitory Room at Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Institute' in 2012
  • The installation measures 154.33 x 131.5 x 105.12 inches
  • It was commissioned by Gwangju Biennale 2012
  • The work uses colored pencil (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) on paper
  • It includes a wooden structure, video monitor, player and speaker
  • The artwork represents a dormitory room at Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Institute
  • Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong represents the artist
  • Information was published on artcritical.com on October 16, 2014

Entities

Artists

  • Do Ho Suh

Institutions

  • Gwangju Biennale
  • Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Institute
  • Lehmann Maupin
  • artcritical

Locations

  • Gwangju
  • South Korea
  • New York
  • United States
  • Hong Kong
  • China

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