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Do Ho Suh — Breath of 348 W22nd Street
Do Ho Suh

Breath of 348 W22nd Street

2024

Rendered in pen and marker on an intimate sheet of paper measuring just under fifteen centimeters in height, "Breath of 348 W22nd Street" distills Do Ho Suh's lifelong preoccupation with the architecture of memory and belonging into a single, quietly arresting image. The work belongs to the artist's ongoing practice of translating the spaces he has inhabited across multiple continents into tender, obsessive acts of record-keeping, here focused on a specific New York address that carries the weight of personal history. Line and breath become synonymous, as Suh coaxes the structural contours of a domestic interior into something that feels simultaneously precise and ethereal, the built environment rendered as living tissue rather than fixed fact. At this scale, the work operates with a concentrated intimacy that larger architectural installations, for which Suh is internationally celebrated, cannot replicate. The hand is everywhere present, and the choice of pen and marker on paper strips the process back to its most fundamental gesture, a single individual bearing witness to the physical coordinates of a life lived. Signed by the artist, this piece from 2024 represents a mature and reflective moment in a career defined by the philosophical weight it places on thresholds, transitions, and the fragile permeable boundary between self and shelter. For collectors drawn to works that hold both conceptual rigor and quiet emotional candor, this drawing rewards sustained and repeated attention.

Medium
Pen and marker pen on paper
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Do Ho Suh, Breath of 348 W22nd Street, 2024

Rendered in pen and marker on an intimate sheet of paper measuring just under fifteen centimeters in height, "Breath of 348 W22nd Street" distills Do Ho Suh's lifelong preoccupation with the architecture of memory and belonging into a single, quietly arresting image. The work belongs to the artist's ongoing practice of translating the spaces he has inhabited across multiple continents into tender, obsessive acts of record-keeping, here focused on a specific New York address that carries the weight of personal history. Line and breath become synonymous, as Suh coaxes the structural contours of a domestic interior into something that feels simultaneously precise and ethereal, the built environment rendered as living tissue rather than fixed fact. At this scale, the work operates with a concentrated intimacy that larger architectural installations, for which Suh is internationally celebrated, cannot replicate. The hand is everywhere present, and the choice of pen and marker on paper strips the process back to its most fundamental gesture, a single individual bearing witness to the physical coordinates of a life lived. Signed by the artist, this piece from 2024 represents a mature and reflective moment in a career defined by the philosophical weight it places on thresholds, transitions, and the fragile permeable boundary between self and shelter. For collectors drawn to works that hold both conceptual rigor and quiet emotional candor, this drawing rewards sustained and repeated attention.

Medium
Pen and marker pen on paper
Dimensions
overall: 14.7 x 10.5 cm
Year
2024
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Victoria Miro

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