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To Breathe – The Flags, Asia Society Museum, New York

To Breathe – The Flags, Asia Society Museum, New York

Installation at the 1st Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone: Art and creativity under lockdown, Asia Society Museum, New York, USA
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2020

Photo by Bruce M. White

Single Channel Video Animation, 40:41 loop, Silent, Courtesy of Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy and Kimsooja Studio

To Breathe – The Light House

To Breathe – The Light House

Site-specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Films
Courtesy of Boghossian Foundation, Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio

2020

Photo by Jan Liegeois

Installation view at To Breathe - The Light House, 2020-2021, Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium

Kimsooja: Planted Names, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Kimsooja: Planted Names, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Installation at Kimsooja, Planted Names, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio
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2020

Photo by Jan Liegeois

(Left to right)
01 - 04 Planted Names, 2002, Set of 4 Woven Carpets, Unique
05 - 06 Bottari: Alpha Beach, 2001, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
Bottari 2018. Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Perth, Australia, Courtesy of Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand and Kimsooja Studio

Thread Routes – Chapter VI

Thread Routes – Chapter VI

Single Channel Video, 28:18, 5.1 Sound
Commissionned by the City of Poitiers

2019

To Breathe

To Breathe

Site-specific Installation with Mirrors Panels and Diffraction Grating Films, and Sound Performance The Weaving Factory(2004-2013)
Courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, and Kimsooja Studio

2019

01 Photo by Mark Reeves
02 - 04 Photo by Jan Liegeois

Installation at Kimsooja: To Breathe, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Chapel, Wakefield, UK

Archive of Mind

Archive of Mind

Site-specific Participatory Consisting of Clay balls, Elliptical Wooden Table, and Sound Performance Unfolding Sphere(2016)
Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

2019

1 - 2 Photo by Bob Packert
3 - 6 Photo by Ken Sawyer

Installation at Kimsooja: Archive of Mind, Peabody Essex Museum(PEM), Salem, USA

Traversées / Kimsooja, Poitiers, France

Traversées / Kimsooja, Poitiers, France

Kimsooja presents 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France for the inaugural Traversées biennale
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2019

Photo by Jan Liegeois

(Left to right:)
01 - 02: Kimsooja, To Breathe - Tour Maubergeon , 2019, site-specific installation with mirror panels. Installation view at Tour Maubergeon, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Jan Liegois.
03 - 04: Kimsooja, Archive of Mind , 2019, participatory site-specific installation consisting of clay balls, 18m elliptical wooden table, and sound performance Unfolding Sphere, 2016. Installation view at Palais des ducs d'Aquitane, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Jan Liegois.
05 - 06: Kimsooja, To Breathe - La Canopée , 2019, site-specific installation consisting of diffraction-grating film. Installation view at La Canopée, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Yann Gachet.
07 - 08: Kimsooja, Bottari Truck , 2007, site-specific installation consisting of 1976 Peugeot 404 pickup truck, bottaris. Installation view at Chapelle Saint Louis, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Jan Liegeois (07) and Yann Gachet (08).
09 - 10: Kimsooja, Planted Names , 2002, site-specific installation consisting of carpets woven with the names of people enslaved at Drayton Hall Plantation. Installation view at Chapelle Saint Louis, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Yann Gachet.
11 - 12: Kimsooja, To Breathe - The Flags , 2019, site-specific installation consisting of mixed nationality flags. Installation view at Rue de Cathédrale, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, Raffaella Cortese Gallery and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Yann Gachet.
13 - 15: Kimsooja, Encounter, A Mirror Woman, 2017, site-specific installation consisting of folding mirror screen. Installation view at Confort Moderne, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, le Confort Moderne, Axel Vervoordt Gallery Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Jan Liegeois.
16 - 18: Kimsooja, Bottari: 1999-2019 , 2019, site-specific installation consisting of shipping container painted the colors of obangsaek, containing all of the artist's personal posessions from her New York apartment. Installation view at Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Yann Gachet (16) and Sebastien Laval.
19: Kimsooja, Thread Routes Chapter I, II, II, 2010-2012, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 5.1 sound. Installation view at Musée Sainte-Croix, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, the Musée Sainte-Croix and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Yann Gachet.
20 - 21: Kimsooja, production stills from Thread Routes Chapter VI , 2019, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 5.1 sound, 28:20. Commission of the City of Poitiers. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Thierry Depagne.
22 - 24: Kimsooja, Solarescope , 2019, site-specific lighting installation at Notre-Dame La Grande, Poitiers. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photos by Yann Gachet
25: Kimsooja, Bottari , 2017. Installation view at La Canopée, 2019. Courtesy of the Kewenig Gallery, City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio.
26: Kimsooja, To Breathe , 2019, site-specific installation consisting of diffraction-grating film. Installation view at Sainte - Radegonde Church, 2019. Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photo by Yann Gachet.
27: Kimsooja, Mumbai : A Laundry Field , 2007. Installation view at the Maison de l'Architecture, 2019. Courtesy of Kewenig Gallery, the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio. Photo by Yann Gachet.

Landscape of Beings, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France

Landscape of Beings, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France

Installation view at Landscape of Beings, Le Confort Moderne, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, le Confort Moderne, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Galerie Tschudi and Kimsooja Studio
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2019

Photo by Yann Gachet

(Left to right:)
01 To Breathe, 2019, Site Specific Installation with Mirrors
02 Encounter: A Mirror Woman, 2019, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Folding Mirror Screen.
03 - 04 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, Juke box: 81.28cm(dia), 30.48cm(d)
05 A Needle Woman, Performed and filmed in Paris, 2009, Single Channel Video, 25:00 loop, Silent, Commissioned by Nuit Blanche 2009, Paris.

Solarescope

Solarescope

Site-specific Lighting Installation
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Installation view at Notre-Dame La Grande, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags

Site-specific Installation consistingof 12 nylon flags
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Installation view at Rue de la cathédrale, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

To Breathe

To Breathe

Site-specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Films
Dimensions Variable

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Installation view at Cloître des Augustins, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

To Breathe – Tour Maubergeon

To Breathe – Tour Maubergeon

Site-specific Installation with Mirror Panels
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

2019

Photos by Jan Liegois

Installation view at Tour Maubergeon, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Site-specific Installation Consisting of 272 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Dimensions Variable

2019

Photos by David De Armas

Installation at Group Exhibition Clapping with Stones: Art and Acts of Resistance The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

Archive of Mind, 2016/2019

Archive of Mind, 2016/2019

Participatory Site-specific Installation Consisting of Clay Balls, 18m elliptical wooden table, and sound performance Unfolding Sphere(2016)
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio

2019

Photos by Jan Liegois

Installation view at Palais des ducs d'Aquitaine, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007/2019

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007/2019

Site-specific Installation Consisting of 1 ton truck from France (1976 Peugeot 404 Pickup), Bottaris, Bungee Cords
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio.

2019

01 Photos by Jan Liegeois
02 - 03 Photos by Yann Gachet

Installation view at Chapelle Saint Louis, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Planted Names, 2002/2019

Planted Names, 2002/2019

Site-specific Installation Consisting of Carpets Woven with the Names of People Enslaved at Drayton Hall Plantation
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Installation view at Chapelle Saint Louis, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Bottari 1999-2019

Bottari 1999-2019

Site-specific Installation Consisting of Shipping Container Painted the Colors of Obangsaek, Containing all of the Artist's Personal Posessions from her New York apartment.
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet and Sebastien Laval.

Installation view at Place de la Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Zone of Nowhere, PICA, Perth, Australia

Zone of Nowhere, PICA, Perth, Australia

Site-specific Installation View at at Zone of Nowhere, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts(PICA), Perth, Australia
Commissioned by Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts(PICA)
Courtesy of Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy and Kimsooja Studio
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2018

Photo by Alessandro Bianchetti

(Left to right:)
01 - 06 To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2017, Site-specific Installation Consisting of 30 Polyester Flags, 243 x 152 cm each, Courtesy of Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy and Kimsooja Studio
07 - 10 Bottari, 2018, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Perth, Courtesy of Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth and Kimsooja Studio.
11 - 12 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, Courtesy of Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand and Kimsooja Studio

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.

2018

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

2018

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

2017

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

2017

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

2017

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

2017

Site-specific Installation at Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto: Encounter - A Mirror Woman, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan

Kimsooja: Geometry of Breath, Gallery Kewenig, Berlin, Germany

Kimsooja: Geometry of Breath, Gallery Kewenig, Berlin, Germany

Solo Exhibition at Kimsooja - Geometry of Breath, Gallery Kewenig, Berlin, Germany
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2017

Photo by Stefan Müller

(Left to right:)
01 Deductive Object, 2016, antique wooden box and 8 clay balls, 23.5 x 36.2 x 10.16 cm
02 Deductive Object, 2016, antique wooden box and 9 clay balls, 20.32 x 28.58 x 6.99 cm
03 Deductive Object, 2016, antique wooden box and 40 clay balls, 40.64 x 23.5 x 13.97 cm
04 (Left) Deductive Object, 2016, antique wooden box and 40 clay balls, 40.64 x 23.5 x 13.97 cm
(Right Back) Deductive Object, 2016, antique wooden box and 8 clay balls, 23.5 x 36.2 x 10.16 cm
(Right Front) Deductive Object, 2016, antique wooden box and 9 clay balls, 20.32 x 28.58 x 6.99 cm
05 - 06 Bottari, 2017, Black Bedcover and Used Clothing, 48 x 57(dia) cm
07 Bottari, 2017, White Bedcover and Used Clothing from Michael Kewenig, 48 x 57(dia) cm
08 A Laundry Woman, 2017, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Used artist's clothing, Clothesline, Clothespins, and Black Bottari
09 (Left) Geometry of Body, 2013 / 2015, Giclée Inkjet Print, 170.5 x 114.1 cm
(Center) A Laundry Woman, 2017, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Used artist's clothing, Clothesline, Clothespins, and Black Bottari
(Right) Topology of Time, 2016, Giclée Inkjet Print, 170.5 x 114.1 cm
10 Deductive Object, 2016, Plaster Casting of Artist's Arms and Antique Wooden Table, 130.81 x 62.87 x 68.58 cm
11 Geometry of Body, 2006 - 2015, Rubber, Jute, and Natural Cotton - Used Artist's Yogamat, 182.88 x 60.96 cm
12 One Breathe, 2004 / 2016, Digital Embroidery on Stretched Silk, Abstract from The Weaving Factory(2004) Sound Performance by the Artist, 61.4 x 179.5 x 7 cm
13 An Album Havana, 2007, Single Channel Video, 6:57 loop, Silent
14 An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009, Single Channel Video, 31:40 loop, 5.1 Sound, Commissioned by More Art, New York
15 (Left) An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009 / 2017, Digital Flex Print, 101.6 x 152.4 cm
(Right) An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009, Single Channel Video, 31:40 loop, 5.1 Sound, Commissioned by More Art, New York
16 (Back) Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, Single Channel Video, 9:17 loop, Silent, Performed in Paris, Commissioned by Musée D'Art Contemporain du Val-De-Marne (MAC/VAL)
(Front) Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2008, 2.5 ton truck from France (1976 Peugeot 404 Pickup), Bottaris, Bungee Cords, Performed in Paris, Commissioned by Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France
17 (Back) Cities on the Move – 11633 Mile Bottari Truck, 1998 / 2001, Duraclear Photographic Print in Light Box, 188.5 x 128 x 25.5 cm,
(Front) Deductive Objects – Bottari Cart, 2007, 19th C. Baguette Cart from France, Bottaris, Bungee Cords, (Bottari cart) 6 Bottaris - Used Bed Clothes and Bungee Cords, 106(h) x 100 x 63cm, (Bottari cart) 8 bottaris - Used Bed Clothes and Bungee Cords, 100(h) x 100 x 65 cm, (Sigle Bottari) Used Cloth, Wrapping Cloth, 30 x 65 cm
18 To Breathe: Mandala, 2010, Single Jukebox with the Artist’s Voice Performance “The Weaving Factory”(2004), 9:14 loop, Juke box: 81.28cm(dia), 30.48cm(d)

An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009/2017

An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009/2017

Digital Flex Print
101.6 x 152.4 cm

2017

Video Still Image from An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009

Weaving the World, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Weaving the World, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Installation at Solo Exhibition Weaving the World, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio
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2017

Photo by Aaron Wax

(Left to right:)
01 Thread Routes - Chapter IV, 2014, Single Channel Video, 27:48 loop, Sound
02 (Left) Thread Routes - Chapter I 2010, Single Channel Video, 24:52 loop, Sound
(Right) Thread Routes Chapter IV - Lightwaves 2010/2016, Single Channel Video, 27:48 loop, Sound
03 - 04 (Left) Thread Routes Chapter IV - Lightwaves 2010/2016, Single Channel Video, 27:48 loop, Sound
(Right) Thread Routes - Chapter IV, 2014, Single Channel Video, 27:48 loop, Sound

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

2017

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

2017

Photo by Aaron Wax

Installation at Solo Exhibition Weaving the World, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Documenta 14: ANTIDORON, Fridericianum, Kassel

Documenta 14: ANTIDORON, Fridericianum, Kassel

Installation at Documenta 14: ANTIDORON - The EMST Collection, Documenta 14, Fridericianum, Kassel
First exhibited in 2005, Kimsooja, Journey into the World, EMST, Athens, Greece
Courtesy of Documenta 14, Athens, Kewenig Gallery, Berlin, EMST Collection, Athens and Kimsooja Studio
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2017

Photo by Jasper Kettner

(Left to Right:)
01 - 03 Bottari, 2005, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Athens, Collection of EMST
04 - 05 Bottari, 2017, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Kassel

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