I had heard nothing but great reviews from both peers who had been to see this exhibition and the reviews from Time Out London. The Victoria Miro put on some great shows and it is a great venue partnered up with the accompanying Parasol gallery next door.
Do Ho Suh meticulously constructs proportionally exact replicas of
dwelling places, architectural features, or household appliances from
stitched planes of translucent, coloured polyester fabric. Constructed much like items of clothing, Suh's portable modules of
space were designed to be packed in his suitcase as he travelled
between continents. Transitory, connecting spaces – corridors, staircases, bridges, gateways
– feature often in the artist's work: rather than borders, Suh is
fascinated with the linking spaces through which the body travels
It is ironic when you start to think about all of those transient
passage type spaces that we encounter on a day to day basis getting from
A-B, those that are embedded in the everyday fabric of our routine and
those that we sometimes stumble upon. The exhibition exceeded my
expectations, there is an emotional overwhelming feeling once once
situated within the work. Photographs of any kind do not do this
justice. The construction of such a narrative through the connecting
spaces. It is as though for the first time that Gastons' Poetics of
space has come alive.
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