Opening 26 July, North Wall (2005) is a large-scale fabric sculpture that will appear to float in space, suspended from the ceiling in the heart of the Gallery’s building.
The work is one of Suh’s most significant early pieces and arrives at a timely moment, coinciding with the artist’s major survey currently on view at Tate Modern in London. A highly personal work about the meaning of home, North Wall replicates the wall of the artist’s father’s studio in Seoul, a building modelled after traditional Korean scholar’s houses. Rendered in intricate detail using Suh’s signature fabric construction techniques, North Wall captures the architecture of Suh’s childhood home while evoking the themes of longing, memory, and traces of displacement.
The Gallery’s summer free family-friendly interactive experience, Artland is a collaborative hands-on clay installation designed by Do Ho Suh with his young daughters. Opening 20 September, it is an evolving sculptural environment created from children’s modelling clay. The installation features imaginative creatures and fantastical landscapes including Noodlegrass, Blobbugs, Spocky Trees and Slimes, and invites visitors of all ages to sculpt their own creations.
Alongside these projects, the Gallery presents its inaugural Kids & Whānau Festival on Saturday 11 October, a free and fun day for all ages with creativity, art and music. Experience Artland first-hand, get hands-on with exhibition-inspired crafts in Kids & Whānau Create, and enjoy dance and movement workshops with Atamira Dance Company. The day also features performances by emerging musicians from Auckland Philharmonia, beloved children’s entertainer Suzy Cato ONZM and award-winning Christchurch-based sister duo Loopy Tunes.
Aami Suh, Omi Suh and Do Ho Suh, Artland, 2016-ongoing. © Do Ho Suh. Courtesy of the artist; Lehmann Maupin, New York and Seoul; Victoria Miro, London/Venice. Photography by Prudence Cuming
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