Do Ho Suh: Speculations at Art Sonje Center, Seoul

On view 17 August–3 November 2024, the exhibition provides an overview of the  Speculations series, which the artist has been working on since 2005.

Speculations will present themes that Suh has consistently explored in his career over the past 20 years – including time, personal space, memory, and movement –organized around the overarching concept of 'speculation'. In Suh’s work, 'speculation' is a word that encompasses aspects of contemplation, inferences, hypotheses, suggestions, and imaginings that relate to interactions between individuals, communities and the environment. Describing his creative activities as a 'process of speculation,' the artist uses diverse storytelling approaches to share new possibilities for approaching the emotional and physical complexities of life. 

Highlights include key pieces from Suh's Speculations series, a new iteration of the Bridge Project including the artist's current home in London, as well as architectural films shown for the first time in Korea. 

Do Ho Suh says, ‘I’ve wanted to bring my models, which are similar to architectural models although they engage with fictional and conceptual realms, together for years, so I’m very pleased to be doing that at Art Sonje Center. It is of course always meaningful for me to exhibit in Seoul and there’s a strong synchronicity with the work on display and the city of my birth.’

The exhibition will be presented throughout the entire Art Sonje Center building, highlighting stories of intersecting cultures and some of the conditions of a transnational life. 

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Image: Do Ho Suh, Secret Garden, 2012

Mixed media, single-channel digital animation, and display case with LED lighting

78.35 x 70.87 x 32.28 inches (with display case)

© Do Ho Suh

Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin New York, London and Seoul and Victoria Miro London & Venice

Photography by Jeon Taegsu.