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Interview: Korean artist Do Ho Suh on the meaning of home and his fish obsession

My work has always evolved around my personal experience with the spaces that I lived in, says the artist known for his sculptures modelled on the places he has lived.

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That kind of separation anxiety happens all the time, but it happens less and less. Maybe I feel that for a second, but I know that somebody is going to appreciate the work — especially if it goes into a museum. Also, with few exceptions, the objects [replicated in my works] are not something unique. It's something mass-produced and you can easily find in any cheap New York apartment, for example.

[ Laughs] That's true, but for many people you live in a place where a lot of people have lived, unless you built your own house. Those objects and spaces are very personal because I lived there, but there were many people who lived there before. So there's a personal attachment, but also the general public could associate with the objects one way or the other.

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