Do Ho Suh: Portal, now on long-term display at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

‘It really needs to be seen in person. Literally and figuratively, it is so transparent –there’s no trick whatsoever – but it creates this incredible illusion because of the way the light hits the milled surface. You sense gravity, the density of weight, in a different way.’ — Do Ho Suh

Commissioned by the MFAH and produced with support from collaborators in Colorado, Maryland, and New York, Do Ho Suh’s Portal is installed in the Kinder Building, adjacent to the entrance of the Glassell School of Art.

Do Ho Suh describes Portal as an ‘impossible’ sculpture – at once monumental, weighing nine tons – and seemingly ephemeral, as the exquisitely milled acrylic captures light and reflection, essentially transparent as it encases the image of a traditional Korean gate in negative space.’

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Image: Do Ho Suh, Portal, 2015

Acrylic resin

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund and gift of the artist

© 2015 Do Ho Suh