Home is the heart of UCCA show

The exhibition M Home: Living in Space is underway at the Ullens Center in 798 Art Zone. [Photo/China Daily]

"They are largely more than 100 years old. Each has distinct images and presents their unique cultural backgrounds. By weaving them together, I am trying to convey the original and fundamental meaning of home," said Lin.

Lin is one of the first Chinese female artists to achieve international recognition. In 2012, her major retrospective solo exhibition, Bound Unbound, was held at the Asia Society Museum in New York.

South Korean artist Suh Do-ho's work is a fabric Korean house, which is hanging from the ceiling of the exhibition hall. It is a kind of light jade or celadon color. Suh said he picked the color from the ceiling paper of the traditional Korean house.

"In the traditional house, you hang white papers on the wall. And on the ceiling, you have this sky-blue- or jade-colored wallpaper. It symbolizes the sky or universe," said Suh in an interview with Art 21 magazine.

"At some point in your life, you have to leave your home," Tinari said. "And whenever you go back, it's just not the same home anymore. But Suh thinks home is something that you carry along with your life."