(LEAD) Do Ho Suh reconstructs home, memory, family at MMCA exhibition

Renowned artist Do Ho Suh's exhibition at the MMCA in Seoul showcases his exploration of home, memory, and family. The exhibition, featuring over 500 pieces of works, spans his 30-year career and includes his signature house installations and recent fatherhood-inspired works. Born in 1962, Suh has lived and worked in various countries, including London.

The exhibition begins with his early drawings, including wooden carvings of sea creatures made in his childhood hanok, or traditional Korean house. The centerpiece of the exhibition is his 2017 work, "Small Gate," which reconstructs a hanok gate from Seoul's Seongbuk neighborhood. The exhibition also includes "Perfect Home," where viewers can walk through a half-sheer structure decorated with objects from various homes he has lived in.

Suh's works challenge the relationship between individuals and communities, as seen in the portrait-filled "Who Am We?" and his recent works that focus on clothes as a medium in his fatherhood journey. The exhibition, not titled with a subtitle, runs until February 9 and will later travel to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and M+ in Hong Kong.