"Art making is a form of alchemy, in a way, because you are trying…to make gold from nothing. When it works very well is when you manage to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary."
"Doormat: Welcome (Amber)," detail (1998)
"Doormat: Welcome (Amber)," detail, 1998
Polyurethane rubber, 1 1/4 x 28 x 19 inches
Edition of 5
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Polyurethane rubber, 1 1/4 x 28 x 19 inches
Edition of 5
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
"I have to say that my work actually started from my interest in the notion of space, particularly this notion of personal space or individual space. And that’s actually the result of contemplation on the idea of how much space one person can carry."
- Do-Ho Suh
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