Do Ho Suh

Korean, 1962 -

Untitled (Glass Bowl) Do Ho Suh, 2004 Born in Seoul, Korea in 1962, Suh currently lives in New York City. His work explores the relationship between the personal and the collective, particularly in the context of increasing internationalization. Among his most well-known works is an empty Korean robe made from thousands of dog tags which envelops the floor around it, creating an environment that visualizes the complex relationship between the individual and society. He has also created ghostly translucent silk replicas of his childhood home in Seoul and his New York City apartment; both works evoke feelings of itinerancy and the haunting presence of memory. In this project, Suh continues exploring the cultural meaning of space by creating a vessel with an impression of his own outstretched hands in its base. The hand blown glass offers Suh's creative energy as a gift. With this gesture of generosity, something ephemeral solidifies and something deeply personal becomes social. The vessel was hand blown by Punxsutawney Tile and Glass Company in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The bowl can be displayed empty, filled with colored water, or used as a vase.