Do Ho Suh's major new exhibition "Walk the House" has opened at Tate Modern's Blavatnik Building, featuring large-scale fabric constructions that recreate architectural fragments from homes the South Korean artist has lived in across Seoul, New York, London, and Berlin. The centerpiece, "Nest/s" (2024), is a monumental sewn passageway made from polyester using a historic Korean fabric technique, incorporating fine details like logos on air vents and light switches. The show also includes "Rubbing/Loving: Seoul Home" (2013-22), a 1:1 paper-and-graphite rubbing of his childhood home, alongside models, drawings, and film that explore memory, migration, and domestic space.
The exhibition matters because it represents the most comprehensive presentation to date of Suh's two-decade investigation into the concept of "home," a theme that resonates deeply in an era of global migration and displacement. By using handmade, tactile methods—sewing, rubbing, and paper construction—rather than digital technology, Suh challenges how we remember and inhabit spaces, emphasizing imperfect, sensory memory over precise documentation. The show also highlights Tate Modern's continued commitment to showcasing major international contemporary artists, with support from the Genesis Exhibition series.