This catalogue was published on the occassion of Do Hosuh's exhibition 'Perfect Home' at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa from 23 November 2012 to 17 March 2013.

'Through the artist’s re-creation of his private home, the place where his memories and experiences reside, “Do Ho Suh - Perfect Home” will demonstrate how, by traversing the differing territories of contemporary society, Do Ho Suh places people’s values in contrast and underscores their diversity.

Suh’s lightweight artworks, which originate in his concept of “carrying a space in a suitcase,” are created using thin, translucent fabrics. In many cases, the fabric is modeled into the form of stairs, corridors, bridges, or gates and represents boundaries between inside and outside, and public and private. His works are nevertheless two-sided, however, for his use of plain, monotone fabric erases the specific features of the “Do Ho Suh home,” so that someone’s possession becomes no one’s possession. Through a complete re-creation of Do Ho Suh’s original home, as well as new works adapted for the spaces of this museum, the exhibition will consider what “home” means to Suh. The same “home,” however, when placed in the specific context of Kanazawa, will take on new meanings. Viewers will thus have occasion to see how “home” changes in meaning, depending on its cultural context, and they will feel incentive, accordingly, to ponder what “home” means to them.' - from museum's website.

Includes artist biography.
Access level

Onsite

Location code
MONL.SDH
Language

Japanese, 

English

Publication/Creation date

2013

No of pages

182

ISBN / ISSN

9784903205403

No of copies

2

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Metamorphoses of Home - Hiromi KUROSAWA, 黒澤浩美

Home: Reweaving the Boundaries - Yoshikazu NANGO, 南後由和

Foreign Residence, Haunting Home- A Perfect Home: The Bridge Project - Felicity D. SCOTT

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Do Ho Suh: Perfect Home