Viewing Do Ho Suh: Walk the House at Tate Modern

An utterly mesmerising exhibition by Do Ho Suh. Walk the House at Tate Modern is a major survey of the work of the Seoul-born, London-based artist, age 63. An invitation is extended to visitors to wander translucent, prismatic thresholds and corridors, passages fashioned in Suh’s trademark fabric material, some of them life-size replicas of his own homes.

There’s a reason, of course, Suh is so fascinated with recreating homes. There is a quiet, constant questioning to these temporary, lightweight structures, told partly through the nature of the materials themselves. What does it truly mean to have a home, and what does it mean to belong? How does architecture find expression for those feelings, or become a barrier to them?

With the words ‘islands of strangers’ echoing in the public realm across the UK, these questions couldn’t be more poignant, nor more urgent. Suh’s brilliant, immersive works allow for genuine joy as well as contemplation at a time of crisis. This is the most comprehensive exhibition of his work for three decades, and also includes new site-specific works. You have until October to see it.