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Do Ho Suh — Blueprint
Do Ho Suh

Blueprint

2014

Blueprint (2014) presents Do Ho Suh's architectural obsessions in their most refined and contemplative form, rendered through a remarkably delicate process in which thread is embedded directly into STPI cotton paper. The resulting work evokes the technical language of architectural drafting, with its cool blue tonality and precise linear geometries suggesting floor plans and spatial schematics, yet the handmade warmth of the medium quietly subverts any sense of cold engineering. This tension between the mechanical and the intimate is central to Suh's practice, where the memory of domestic space becomes something both universal and deeply personal. Suh, who divides his time between Seoul, London, and New York, has spent decades interrogating the psychological and physical weight of the spaces we inhabit, particularly as experienced through displacement and migration. Blueprint participates in this ongoing inquiry by translating the logic of architectural notation into something closer to a meditation, a record of spaces that exist as much in memory as in physical reality. The use of thread, a material with its own connotations of connectivity, fragility, and the passage of time, adds further conceptual depth to the work's visual precision. At 76.2 by 101.6 centimeters, the work is intimate in scale, suited to a private collection where sustained, close looking can reward the collector over years. Signed by the artist and currently offered through the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Blueprint represents a significant opportunity to acquire a work that sits at the intersection of Suh's most celebrated themes while functioning as an autonomous, visually compelling object in its own right.

Medium
Thread embedded in STPI cotton paper
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA

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Do Ho Suh, Blueprint, 2014

Blueprint (2014) presents Do Ho Suh's architectural obsessions in their most refined and contemplative form, rendered through a remarkably delicate process in which thread is embedded directly into STPI cotton paper. The resulting work evokes the technical language of architectural drafting, with its cool blue tonality and precise linear geometries suggesting floor plans and spatial schematics, yet the handmade warmth of the medium quietly subverts any sense of cold engineering. This tension between the mechanical and the intimate is central to Suh's practice, where the memory of domestic space becomes something both universal and deeply personal. Suh, who divides his time between Seoul, London, and New York, has spent decades interrogating the psychological and physical weight of the spaces we inhabit, particularly as experienced through displacement and migration. Blueprint participates in this ongoing inquiry by translating the logic of architectural notation into something closer to a meditation, a record of spaces that exist as much in memory as in physical reality. The use of thread, a material with its own connotations of connectivity, fragility, and the passage of time, adds further conceptual depth to the work's visual precision. At 76.2 by 101.6 centimeters, the work is intimate in scale, suited to a private collection where sustained, close looking can reward the collector over years. Signed by the artist and currently offered through the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Blueprint represents a significant opportunity to acquire a work that sits at the intersection of Suh's most celebrated themes while functioning as an autonomous, visually compelling object in its own right.

Medium
Thread embedded in STPI cotton paper
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 x 101.6 cm
Year
2014
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA

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