Check It Out: Do Ho Suh

Posted on January 20 2012, 5:18pm | Author: R* S | Filed Under: Rockstar

We recently got the chance during the holiday season to check out a pretty amazing installation at London's Tate Modern - a great example of the possibilities in bridging the gap between real and imagined spaces.

Korean-born and now NYC-based sculptor and artist Do Ho Suh's exhibit is minimalistic at first glance but deceptively sophisticated: sculptures made of cloth, featuring a staircase ("Staircase-III"), floating in mid-air as seen above.

Suh's other work includes "Reflection" - part of the Gallery Hermes in Tokyo - a mirrored reflection of a grand gate, inspired by personal memories of the former entrance to his childhood home in Seoul; and "Karma" - a striking and massive sculpture of a giant in slacks and dress shoes stepping atop swarms of tiny people.

Check It Out

R* Yon January 23 2012, 4:48pmReply
@BorisBlack Cheers, glad you like it
BorisBlackon January 23 2012, 11:56amReply
Love these Check it Out´s! Keep them coming more often ;)
R* Yon January 23 2012, 10:53amReply
@ChicagoEnigma Interesting, thanks for sharing
ChicagoEnigmaon January 22 2012, 2:07pmReply
The amount of time involved in putting this together must have been insane. I like the details he put into it, with simple wire and cloth. The lights, switches conduit and banisters. Now that's getting creative with simple materials. My works are usually simple things too. But it's never recognized as art. Such as taking 100 year old glass windows, stripping them of the lead paint, and then painting them to look like they are 100 years old with modern paints.. lol
ItalGTAon January 21 2012, 3:29pmReply
Great.
R* Yon January 21 2012, 1:53pmReply
@chase2208 @Cluckin_Bell @nikobelic2500000 @makdady12 & others, thanks all

@Kalerney Ha, nice

@EduOnline94 Yep, our 'Check It Out' series is just what it sounds like, it's stuff we share out of interest:
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GTAMASTER_08on January 21 2012, 12:20pmReply
Wow video is awesome!

I love how technology increases every few years, thanks for the video R*. Enjoy the weekend.
Nejc_Fiseron January 21 2012, 10:32amReply
@EduOnline94

Yeah!
Primo3001on January 21 2012, 9:41amReply
Amazing concept, this is, just something new.
EduOnline94on January 21 2012, 6:52amReply
Pretty awesome, I don't know what has it to do with videogames but nevermind, it's cool.
Kalerneyon January 21 2012, 5:35amReply
Hey R*, I've been to the Tate Museum of London last year and the Do Ho Hu staircase is the best thing I've seen in the museum. The visit was a bit boring because there's not a lot of interesting thing to see in the museum (except the staircase and the machine which throw away piece of paper with unreadable inscription on them).
Nice to know that I've been to the same place as you !
luckyshot666on January 21 2012, 5:12amReply
I thought this is game design until i saw that dude.
Emanuel_Bergeron January 21 2012, 3:09amReply
Wow, that looks freaking awesome, I've never seen that type of art before! Thanks R* for all the great Check it Out articles with all that great stuff. Can't wait for the next one.
ziphonon January 21 2012, 1:47amReply
Thats freaking cool!!
Crabby_Old_Manon January 20 2012, 9:51pmReply
I must agree thank you so very much R* for expanding our awareness beyond just a one medium but a cultural awareness, awe and respect for other aspects of life. Music, Movies, Books, Dance and now art, my growth as a person by following you guys has been amazing. This is why R* is the best, and why I will always be a loyal follower.

R* knows COOL
VeryHushHushon January 20 2012, 8:59pmReply
Man...I'd love to see it. Really interesting with the day-night lightning.

Thanks for the post - a really refined one!
REHJR1974on January 20 2012, 8:04pmReply
very nice work. looks very realistic in its approach from the real world to wherever you are trying to go. thanks for sharing this with us rockstargames. and for your creative work Do Ho Suh.
makdady12on January 20 2012, 5:55pmReply
this is great! good stuff.
nikobelic250000on January 20 2012, 5:32pmReply
wow this pice of art says something to me im realy liking the art its amazing this is genius and artistic this is like another world in illuional and trasparent combined together to show something that is unsal and so catching to my eyes it makes me feel like im in a another world for some reason like im in a trap of closed areas that dose not Exsist else where this is going as my desktp background this is cool never seen anything like it.

Its a masterpice to me.

Rockstar you always find this Great stuff to show us thanks not only you provide us with these great games but you show us something thats diffent and intersting.

Thanks for showing us this amazing work of art.
Blackwater_Caton January 20 2012, 5:24pmReply
Wicked. I live in London, I'll go to Tate and check it out.

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