On view from August 16 through December 8, 2019 in the Jane and Richard Levin Study Gallery, this installation presents a large-scale work, Boiler Room, London Studio, by South Korean artist Do Ho Suh (b. 1962, M.F.A. 1997). In translucent fabric works such as this full-scale re-creation of the boiler room in the artist’s London studio, Suh connects past and present, time and memory, combining traditional Korean sewing techniques with three-dimensional modeling technologies.

Boiler Room, London Studio typifies Suh’s “fabric architecture” pieces, which are soft, transparent, light, and portable. Suh’s work explores the physical spaces inhabited by people and how these spaces relate to upbringing, work, or social encounters.

Also on view in the installation is a closed-captioned short video about Suh’s work by Art21.

Browse works by Do Ho Suh in the collection

Keely Orgeman

Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art