Do Ho Suh | Tracing Time
Immerse yourself in the imagination of one of the world’s leading contemporary artists, Do Ho Suh (born 1962, Seoul), at the National Galleries of Scotland in early 2024. Do Ho Suh: Tracing Time will be the largest European exhibition to date of the artist’s work on paper, with artworks spanning 25 years of Suh’s career.
This major solo exhibition by the South Korean-born, London-based artist will be free to visit, taking over the entire ground floor of Modern One in Edinburgh from 17 February 2024 – 1 September 2024. With over 100 works on display, many never seen before, the artist poses questions such as ‘Where and when does home exist?’ and ‘What defines our sense of place?’.
Image: Do Ho Suh © Gautier Deblonde, all rights reserved DACS 2023. Image above: Do Ho Suh, Karma, 2015. Thread drawing embedded in handmade cotton
paper, 229.5 x 354.5 cm (paper), 244.2 x 370.2 x 10.2 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul and London, and Singapore Tyler. Print Institute (STPI). Image courtesy of STPI. © Do Ho Suh.
Do Ho Suh: Tracing Time explores the integral role that drawing and paper play in Suh’s work, focusing on his collaborative methods, experimental techniques, and innovative use of materials. Drawing is the foundation of the artist’s multidisciplinary practice. It acts as a springboard that propels ideas formed on a blank page into creations of astonishing variety and ambition. The exhibition will travel forwards and backwards in time, organised according to the artist’s transformative approaches to drawing as a toolkit with endless possibilities.
This major solo exhibition by the South Korean-born, London-based artist will be free to visit, taking over the entire ground floor of Modern One in Edinburgh from 17 February 2024 – 1 September 2024. With over 100 works on display, many never seen before, the artist poses questions such as ‘Where and when does home exist?’ and ‘What defines our sense of place?’.
Image: Do Ho Suh © Gautier Deblonde, all rights reserved DACS 2023. Image above: Do Ho Suh, Karma, 2015. Thread drawing embedded in handmade cotton
paper, 229.5 x 354.5 cm (paper), 244.2 x 370.2 x 10.2 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul and London, and Singapore Tyler. Print Institute (STPI). Image courtesy of STPI. © Do Ho Suh.
Do Ho Suh: Tracing Time explores the integral role that drawing and paper play in Suh’s work, focusing on his collaborative methods, experimental techniques, and innovative use of materials. Drawing is the foundation of the artist’s multidisciplinary practice. It acts as a springboard that propels ideas formed on a blank page into creations of astonishing variety and ambition. The exhibition will travel forwards and backwards in time, organised according to the artist’s transformative approaches to drawing as a toolkit with endless possibilities.
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