DO HO SUH (b.1962) is a Korean artist who in part of his practice makes sculptures and installations of familiar objects or places but out of materials that render the objects completely non-functional. By removing the function from the objects he extracts their essence. There is some kind of transformation that occurs and the experience becomes almost spiritual. They become “simulations” of reality with a heightened sense of what is real... In his work entitled “Staircase,” a life-size set of stairs, represented in complete detail, are made of silk. Through a change in material the functional structure turns non-functional, the weight of the silk slightly alters the posture of the object and the everyday experience becomes spiritual These improbable or non functional objects begin to exist in a more intuitive, emotional and narrative way.
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