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Seoul [South Korea], April 30:
Genesis
and
Tate Modern
Today announced the inauguration of The
Genesis
Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House. Open from May 1 to October 19, 2025, this exhibit showcases the extensive range of works created by artist Do Ho Suh throughout his career spanning thirty years. It marks the largest individual presentation of his art in London in many generations.

– The
Genesis
Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House begins at
Tate Modern
in London collaborating with
Genesis

– The exhibition presents three decades of Do Ho Suh’s exploration on the themes of space, memory and identity, marking his first major solo exhibition in London in a generation

–
Genesis
Art Initiatives remains committed to partnering with various institutions and forward-thinking individuals who grasp both current difficulties and enduring principles.

As the first
Genesis
Art Initiatives program in Europe, The
Genesis
Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House was made possible through the partnership between
Genesis
and
Tate Modern
One of the foremost institutions dedicated to modern and contemporary art, this extensive exhibit allows for a more profound examination of the artist’s insightful observations that echo the intricacies of today’s world.

Born in Seoul but residing in London, Do Ho Suh is an acclaimed artist whose work delves into the interplay among architecture, space, the human form, and personal recollections. Using mediums such as expansive installations, sculptures, video works, and sketches, he encourages viewers to contemplate their sense of dwelling, nostalgia, and self-identity, alongside understanding our interactions within various environments.

The exhibition’s title Walk the House is derived from “hanok,” a traditional Korean house that could theoretically be disassembled, transported and reassembled at a new site, a process imagined as ‘walking the house.’ Reflecting this idea of a transportable home, the exhibition presents Suh’s continuous practice that spans locations including Seoul, New York, and London — the three cities he has called home.

Visitors will be able to walk through his iconic fabric architectures — translucent 1:1 replicas of spaces in which the artist has lived and worked. These include the new site-specific installations Nest/s (2024) and Perfect Home: London, Horsham, New York, Berlin, Providence, Seoul (2024), presented alongside other newly created pieces on display for the first time.

The artist’s reflections on both personal and collective memory expand on other major works like Rubbing/Loving: Seoul Home (2013-22) and Rubbing/Loving Project: Company Housing of Gwangju Theater (2012) — created through the labor-intensive process of rubbing the surfaces of buildings with graphite or colored pencil. Outside the entrance to the exhibition, visitors are also confronted with Who Am We? (2000), a wallpaper made up of tiny portrait photographs collected from sources including school yearbooks — an early example of the artist’s exploration into the relationship between individual and group identity.

In addition, the exhibition includes the artist’s intricate thread drawings and works on paper, as well as two video works — Robin Hood Gardens (2018) and Dong In Apartments (2022), considering the relationship between a building and a home.

The exhibit reaches its climax in an area focused on Bridge Project, which represents the artist’s continuous investigation into the concept of a ‘perfect dwelling.’ This project involves cooperation with experts from fields such as architecture, engineering, anthropology, and biology.

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