Do Ho Suh - Lightswitch - 2018 SOLD OUT
For the Whitechapel Gallery, Do Ho Suh has created a special limited edition entitled Lightswitch, 2018.
Suh has a fascination with everyday objects that we touch all the time, such as a light switch. For the edition, Suh has collected used light switches and mounted them on a board. A piece of polyester fabric has then been pinned over each unique object and an extract from Suh’s diary embroidered in rainbow-coloured thread over the top, resulting in a series of works, each exquisitely made and subtly different.
Parallels can be drawn with Suh’s thread drawings and his large-scale sculptural installations which recreate intimate dwelling spaces and domestic objects in coloured fabric. The used light switches retain a history of everyone’s touch having been switched on and off everyday for years. This series is an attempt to highlight these memories and to capture a moment in Suh’s own life through the embroidery.
Medium: Cotton threads on polyester fabric, light switch, pins, painted plywood, framed.
Size: 45 x 40 x 5.5 cm [17.7 x 15.7 x 2.2 inches].
Edition of 20
Signed and numbered
Price: £ 5,500 (Members: £ 4,950) SOLD OUT
This limited edition Do Ho Suh work is available at Whitechapel Gallery
