On Space. The intangible, metaphorical, and psychological one.
by *Crystal*
Staircase-III 2010
Do Ho Suh born 1962
On display at Tate Modern, London
This was one of my favorite installation art pieces on display at Tate Modern a few weeks ago when I stopped by London. Pictures do not do this installation piece justice… the grandeur, elegance, and detail was simply amazing. It was as if the heavens opened up and a stairway descended from the ceiling to bring you up to a surreal fantasy. The artist, Suh, sewed this piece together to create a sense of space and environment, and also to recreate a space that once occupied him physically and metaphorically.
Upon feeling this installation art upon me as I walked into the room, his work gave me a strong reminder that our perceptions and reveries our are own, we can weave and piece them together to create our own sanctuary and space, or it can be our own personal hell. His use of red fabric heightened my feelings of passionate creativity…. something I was seeking as I wandered the halls of Tate Modern.
