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To Breathe – The Flags
To Breathe – The Flags
Site-specific Print Installations, 30 Large Translucent Flags
Courtesy of Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth and Kimsooja Studio.
Photos by Alessandro Bianchetti
Installation at Perth International Arts Festival Visual Arts Tour 2018: To Breathe - The Flags, Perth, Australia
Gazing into Sphere
Gazing into Sphere
Site-specific Installation with mirrors, Waveform Audio Unfolding Sphere(2016)
Courtesy of Culture City of East Asia 2017, Axel Vervoordt, Wijnegem, and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Sebastian Schutyser
Installation at Solo Exhibition Gazing Into Sphere, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Bottari
Bottari
Black Bedcover and Used Clothing, 48 x 57(dia) cm
White Bedcover and Used Clothing from Michael Kewenig, 48 x 57(dia) cm
Installation View at Kimsooja: Geometry of Breath, Kewenig Gallery, Berlin, Germany
A Laundry Woman
A Laundry Woman
Site-specific Installation Consisting of Used artist's clothing, Clothesline, Clothespins, and Black Bottari
Photo by Stefan Müller
Installation View at Kimsooja: Geometry of Breath, Kewenig Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Archive of Mind
Archive of Mind
Participatory Site-specific Installation Consisting of Assorted Clay Balls, Elliptical Wooden Table, and sound performance Unfolding Sphere(2016)
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Georg Malfertheiner
Installation View at Group Exhibition Intuition, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Itally
First exhibited in a different configuration at the the Kimsooja, Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea
Encounter – A Mirror Woman
Encounter – A Mirror Woman
Site-specific Installation consisting of mirror screen and mirror floor panels, installation view at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan
Courtesy of Culture City of East Asia 2017, Kyoto and Kimsooja Studio
Site-specific Installation at Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto: Encounter - A Mirror Woman, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan
Lotus: Zone of Zero
Lotus: Zone of Zero
Site-specific Installation Consisting of 656 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy of Galerie Kewenig, Berlin and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Aaron Wax
Installation at Solo Exhibition Weaving the World, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium
A Laundry Woman
A Laundry Woman
Site-specific Installation Consisting of 27 Fabrics, 5 Bottaris, 6 Fans
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy of Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France and Kimsooja Studio
Collection of the Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Photo by Aaron Wax
Installation at Solo Exhibition Weaving the World, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Deductive Object
Deductive Object
Black casted Aluminum on Mirror, Mirror: 8 x 5m, Sculpture: 1.83 x 1.1m
Courtesy of Art Front Gallery Co., Ltd. and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Keizo Kioku
Installation at Gangoji Temple, Commissioned by Culture City of East Asia 2016: Kimsooja, Gangoji Temple, Nara Japan
To Breathe – The Flags
To Breathe – The Flags
Site-specific Installation Consisting of Video Installation
The Flags(2012), Single Channel Video, 40:41 loop, Silent
Courtesy of Art Front Gallery Co., Ltd. and Kimsooja Studio.
Photo by Keizo Kioku
Installation at Gangoji Temple, Commissioned by Culture City of East Asia 2016: Kimsooja, Gangoji Temple, Nara Japan
To Breathe
To Breathe
To Breathe, 2016, site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film, dimensions variable
Courtesy of MMCA and Hyundai Motor Co. and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Aaron Wax
Installation at Kimsooja - 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea
Deductive Object
Deductive Object
Deductive Object, 2016, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Painted Welded Steel, Mirror: 10 x 10 m, Sculpture: 2.45 x 1.5(dia)m
Courtesy of MMCA and Hyundai Motor Co. and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Aaron Wax
Installation at Kimsooja - 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea
Kimsooja: To Breathe, Centre Pompidou Metz, France
Kimsooja: To Breathe, Centre Pompidou Metz, France
Installation at Kimsooja - To Breathe, Centre Pompidou - Metz, Metz, France
Commissioned by Centre Pompidou-Metz, Courtesy of Institut français/Année France Corée, Kukje Gallery, Seoul and Kimsooja Studio
01 - 06 / 18 - 22, Photo by Jaeho Chong
07 - 17 Photo by Thierry Depange
(Left to right:)
01 - 06 To Breathe, 2015, Site-specific Installation consisting of video projection 'To Breathe: Invisible Mirror, Invisible Needle(2005), Mirror, Diffraction Grating Film, and Sound Performance 'A Weaving Factory(2004)'
07 - 16 To Breathe, 2015, Site-specific Installation consisting of video projection 'To Breathe: Invisible Mirror, Invisible Needle(2005), Mirror, Diffraction Grating Film, and Sound Performance 'A Weaving Factory(2004)'
17 To Breathe, 2015, Site-specific Installation consisting of diffraction grating film
18 - 22 To Breathe, 2015, Site-specific Installation consisting of diffraction grating film
Bottari – An Island
Bottari – An Island
Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Mandala, Kewenig Galerie, Palma, Majorca, Spain
Courtesy of Kewenig Galerie, Palma and Kimsooja Studio
[left] ] Bottari, 2009/2014, Used Korean Bedcover, Used Clothes, Clay Basin from Mallorca, 62 x 49cm (approx)
[center] Bottari, 2009/2014, Used Korean Bedcover, Used Clothes, Clay Basin from Mallorca, 63 x 53cm (approx)
[right] Bottari, 2014, Used Korean Bedcover, Fabric, Catholic Mass Reading/Chant Book for Fathers, 80 x 45 cm (approx)
A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir
A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir
Steel, Custom Acrylic Panel, Laminated Polymer Film, Circular Mirror
Photo by Jaeho Chong
Installation at the 1st Cornell Council for the Arts(CCA) Biennial: Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy Was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir, Cornell University Arts Quad, Ithaca, New York, USA
To Breathe: Obangsaek
To Breathe: Obangsaek
Site-specific Wallpaper Installation
Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Obengsaek, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2014-2015
Deductive Object: Obangsaek
Deductive Object: Obangsaek
Woven Carpet Installation
600 x 120 cm
Site-specific Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Obengsaek, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2014 - 2015
An Album: Sewing into Borderlines
An Album: Sewing into Borderlines
Single Channel Video, 11:01 loop, Silent
Site-specific Video Installation at Mariposa Land Port of Entry, Arizona, USA
Commissioned through the GSA Art in Architecture Program, Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration
Lotus: Zone of Zero
Lotus: Zone of Zero
336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure, Cables
Dimensions Variable
Photo by Rachel Topham
Retrospective exhibition at Kimsooja / Unfolding, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium
To Breathe: Obangsaek
To Breathe: Obangsaek
Site-specific Wallpaper Installation
Variable
Photo by Jaeho Chong
Installation at The Lift, the Bloomberg Building, New York, USA
To Breathe – The Flags
To Breathe – The Flags
To Breathe – The Flags, Series of 12 Video Still Images
Photo by Elizabeth Carecchio
Site-specific Installation at the Marseille-Provence European Capital of Culture 2013: Kimsooja, To Breathe - The Flags, Aix-en-Provence, France
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA
Site-specific Video Projection at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA
Courtesy of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Photo by Kimsooja
(Left to Right)
01 To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2006, Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
02 A Needle Woman - Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sanaa, Jerusalem, 2005, 10:40 loop, Silent
Lotus: Zone of Zero
Lotus: Zone of Zero
336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Courtesy of Plateau, Samsung Museum, Seoul
Photos 02 - 03 by Sang Tae Kim
Site-specific Installation at Group Exhibition Space Study, Plateau, Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2011
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium
Encounter – Looking into Sewing 1998/2011
Encounter – Looking into Sewing 1998/2011
Performative Sculpture, Used Korean Bedcovers, Mannequin
Courtesy Kimsooja Studio and Kewenig Galerie, Berlin
Photo by Simon Vogel
Bottari: The Island
Bottari: The Island
Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Japanese Clothes
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy Axel Vervoordt Foundation and Raffaella Cortese Gallery, Milan, Italy
Photo by Jaeho Chong
Site specific Bottari Installation at Group Exhibition Tra: Edge of Becoming, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
Mandala - Chant For Auschwitz
Mandala - Chant For Auschwitz
Used Clothes, Shoes, Toys, Tibetan Monk Chant
Photos by Adam Ciereszko
Installation at 2010 Mediations Biennale: Beyond Mediations, Zamek Culture Center, Poznan, Poland
To Breathe: Mandala
To Breathe: Mandala
Single Jukebox with the Artist’s Voice Performance “The Weaving Factory”(2004)
Photo by Uwe Engels
Installation at Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany, 2011
Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2004-2010
Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2004-2010
Single channel mixed media sound installation (One Jukebox, Three Chants Mixed with Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic), 9:50, loop
Video filmed by Gilles Coudert
Installation at Kimsooja, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2010
To Breathe: Zuoz
To Breathe: Zuoz
Diffraction Grating Film on 5 Window
Installation at Kimsooja, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Lotus: Zone of Zero
Lotus: Zone of Zero
Approx 2000 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Courtesy of the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea;
Photos by Mikåel Falke and Fabrice Kada
Installation in the Rotunda at Galerie Ravenstein, Brussels, Belgium, 2008
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium