Do Ho Suh's sculpture 'Public Figures' graces Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art

"Public Figures," Do Ho Suh, 2024, in front of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London. Photo by Colleen Dugan.

Korean artist Do Ho Suh's sculpture "Public Figures” is now on view at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. The work, which was installed on April 27, will be exhibited for five years at the museum's Freer Plaza, facing the National Mall.

The Korea Foundation announced Monday that it decided to support "Public Figures" after hearing that the museum commissioned the sculpture to commemorate its 100th anniversary.

The foundation is also supporting another exhibition, "Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution,” that kicked off on April 28 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

“The exhibition is significant in that it is the first overseas art museum to introduce not reproductions, but the original costumes excavated from the 17th century during the Joseon Dynasty,” said an official from the foundation.

The official added that visitors to the exhibition will be able to "compare modern fashion with clothing from the Joseon Dynasty and examine the Korean aesthetic sense of fashion design over the centuries.”

The exhibition runs until Oct. 13.

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]