A new massive building complex has been completed in the heart of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. An extraordinarily and delicately harmonious vibe fills the entirety of the precincts of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(hereinafter referred to as 'MMCA')'s branch in Seoul, as its buildings are entrancingly orchestrated in the way that the histories of disparate times and spaces chime in subtle symphony: The traditional Korean-style house of Jongchinbu, the office for royal family affairs during the Joseon dynasty; the red-brick building that was constructed in 1913 as the Capital Army Hospital under the Japanese rule and had housed the office of the Defense Security Command since the 1970s; a contemporary-style structure made of ivory terracotta and glass curtain walls. Located at the core of the contemporary-style structure, which is the Seoul branch's exhibition wing, Seoul Box functions as both a plaza where the flows of visitors converge and diverge and a special space allocated for the installation of large-scale contemporary artworks of experimentality and originality.
Hanjin Shipping The Box Project is an MMCA's ambitious project through which Seoul Box is accoutered with artists' ingenious and stimulating ideas. MMCA has selected Do Ho Suh (1962- ) as the protagonist for the Project's first chapter held in celebration of the historic opening of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea's Seoul Branch.
This huge fabric installation of Suh entitled 'Home Within Home Within Home Within Home Within Home' is specially created to epitomize the vital spatial property of Seoul Box that can be undeniably characterized by its abundant natural light coming through its glass walls and the historical attribute of the Seoul branch's compound in which traditional, modern and contemporary buildings embrace each other. This work is comprised of a life-size (12 meters in height, 15 meters in width) replica of the three-story town house at Providence, Rhode Island, which was the artist's first residence where he lived as a student in the United States in 1991 and 'Seoul Home,' a reproduction of his family's traditional-style Korean house in Seoul, hanging in the middle of the former. As one can infer from the title, the work elucidates and conjures the ever-expanding concept of space: traditional Korean house within Western-style house; Western-style house with Seoul Box; Seoul Box within the Seoul branch; the Seoul branch within Seoul. 

In addition, this exhibition is free entry. I have been interested in Installation art but there have been no chance to experience. The exhibitions were so far to visit, like Gyeong-gi, Chung-nam. Now there is MMCA it's only a short hop, in Seoul! I'll visit MMCA right after final exam season:)


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