
Stove, Apartment A, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, 2013.
A translucent blue-green stove rendered in sheer polyester fabric and stainless steel wire hovers within an illuminated display case, its domestic form simultaneously familiar and spectral. This work belongs to Do Ho Suh's celebrated series of fabric architectural replicas, in which the Korean-born, internationally exhibited artist meticulously reconstructs the interiors of homes he has occupied, transforming the mundane fixtures of everyday life into luminous, almost weightless memorials to personal history. The stove itself, measuring just over 41 by 25 inches, is drawn from his former apartment at 348 West 22nd Street in New York, a residence that has served as a sustained source material across multiple bodies of work. The LED-lit display case, standing nearly six feet tall, frames the object as both relic and vision, suspended between presence and absence. Suh's practice is rooted in themes of displacement, memory, and the psychological weight of inhabiting space, concerns that resonate with particular force in works like this one. By translating a utilitarian kitchen appliance into translucent fabric, he strips the object of its function while amplifying its emotional resonance, inviting reflection on what it means to leave a place behind and carry its imprint forward. The choice of polyester, a material that suggests both fragility and synthetic permanence, reinforces this tension. Produced in an edition of three and signed by the artist, this work is held in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, conferring significant institutional validation. For collectors drawn to conceptually rigorous sculpture with a deeply humanist core, this piece represents one of the most recognizable and critically admired chapters in Suh's ongoing investigation of home as both physical structure and lived feeling.
- Medium
- Polyester fabric, stainless steel wire, and display case with LED lighting.
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
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