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
04 - 05 Bottari, 2017, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Kassel

Building 9 Central Park, Sydney | To Breathe - Sydney

Building 9 Central Park, Sydney | To Breathe - Sydney

Detail Drawing of Proposed Mixed Media Site-specifc Installation
Building 9 Central Park, Sydney, Australia

2016

Kimsooja: To Breathe – Zone of Zero, CAC Málaga, Spain

Kimsooja: To Breathe – Zone of Zero, CAC Málaga, Spain

Installation at Kimsooja: To Breathe – Zone of Zero, CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Courtesy of CAC Málaga and Kimsooja Studio
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2016 photo by José Luis Gutiérrez

(Left to right:)
01 - 04 Lotus: Zone of Zero, 2016, Site-specific Installation Consisting of 708 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables, Variable (First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium)
05 - 06 To Breathe – The Flags, 2012, Single Channel Video Animation, 40:41 loop, Silent

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

2016 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.

2016 Photo by Keizo Kioku

Installation at Gangoji Temple, Commissioned by Culture City of East Asia 2016: Kimsooja, Gangoji Temple, Nara Japan

Kimsooja: Weaving the World, CC Strombeek, Belgium

Kimsooja: Weaving the World, CC Strombeek, Belgium

Installation at Kimsooja: Weaving the World, CC Strombeek, Belgium, Strombeek, Belgium
Courtesy of CC Strombeek and Kimsooja Studio
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2016 Photo by Sophie Nuytten

(Left to right:)
01 - 04 Thread Routes Chapter II - Site II, 2016, Site Specific Installation with Mirrors, Variable
05 - 08 Thread Routes - Chapter II, 2011/2016, Video Installation, 23:50 loop, Sound, HD
09 Architecture of Vulnerability - Darkness, 2011/2015, Series of 5 Digital C-Prints, (each) Print: 63.5x88.9cm, Image: 50.8x76.2cm

MMCA Hyundai Motors Series 2016: KIMSOOJA - Archive of Mind, MMCA, Seoul, Korea

MMCA Hyundai Motors Series 2016: KIMSOOJA - Archive of Mind, MMCA, Seoul, Korea

Installation View at Kimsooja - 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA)
Courtesy of MMCA and Hyundai Motor Co. and Kimsooja Studio
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2016 Photo by Aaron Wax

(Left to right:)
01 - 06 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, 2016, Participatory Site-specific Installation Consisting of Assorted Clay Balls, 19m Wooden Table, and sound performance Unfolding Sphere(2016), Dimensions Variable
07 - 08 Deductive Object, 2016, Plaster Casting of Artist's Arms and Antique Wooden Table, 130.8 x 70.5 x 68.6 cm
09 - 10 Deductive Object, 2016, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Painted Welded Steel, Mirror: 10 x 10 m, Sculpture: 2.45 x 1.5(dia)m
11 To Breathe, 2016, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Diffraction Grating Film on Window, Dimensions Variable
12 - 17 Thread Routes – Chapter V, 2016, Single Channel Video, 21:59, 5.1 Sound
18 Geometry of Body, 2006 – 2015, Rubber, Jute, and Natural Cotton - Used Artist's Yogamat, 182.9 x 60.9 cm, Unique
19 One Breath, 2004 / 2016, Digital Embroidery on Satin, abstract from The Weaving Factory(2004) sound performance by the artist, 61.4 x 179.5 x 7 cm, Unique
20 A Study On Body, 1981, Series of 5 Silkscreen Prints, Print: 34 x 34 cm, Paper: 48.1 x 50.5 cm, Frame: 57.1 x 54.4 x 2 cm

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

2016 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

2016 Photo by Aaron Wax

Installation at Kimsooja - 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea

Thread Routes – Chapter V

Single Channel Video
21:59 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2016

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

Antique Wooden Cart, 9 Ceramic Balls, 1 Clay Ball
Cart: 60 x 30 x 9cm, Clay Balls: 8.89(dia.)
Unique

2016 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

Plaster Casting of Artist's Arms and Antique Wooden Table
130.8 x 70.5 x 68.6 cm
Unique

2016 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

Clay Balls and Antique Wooden Box
Unique

2016

Geometry of Body, 2006-2015

Geometry of Body, 2006-2015

Rubber, Jute, and Natural Cotton - Used Artist's Yogamat
182.9 x 60.9 cm
Unique

2016 Photo by Aaron Wax

Installation at Kimsooja - 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea

One Breath, 2004/2016

One Breath, 2004/2016

Digital Embroidery on Satin, abstract from The Weaving Factory(2004) sound performance by the artist,
61.4 x 179.5 x 7 cm
Unique

2016 Photo by Aaron Wax

Installation at Kimsooja - 마음의 기하학 / Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2016

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2016

223 Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper Divided into Three Used Wooden Drawers
Print: each 17.3 x 18.4 cm
Drawer: each 21.6 x 27.9 15.2 cm

2016

To Breathe, 2015/2016

To Breathe, 2015/2016

Duraclear Photographic Print in Lightbox
103.6 x 154.4 x 8.8 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2016

Topology of Time (Series of 5 Prints)

Topology of Time (Series of 5 Prints)

Giclée Inkjet Print
170.5 x 114.1 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2016

Green Square, Connecting Project, Sydney | A Needle Woman, Spiral

Green Square, Connecting Project, Sydney | A Needle Woman, Spiral

Detail Drawing of Proposed Mixed Media Site-specifc Installation
Green Square, Sydney, Australia

2015

Penn Plaza Proposal | To Breathe

Penn Plaza Proposal | To Breathe

Detail Drawing of Proposed Mixed Media Site-specifc Installation
Penn Plaza, New York City, USA

2015

The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain

The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain

Installation at The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale: Kimsooja: Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
Commissioned by Lanzerote Biennale and Hermes Foundation, Paris, Courtesy of La Fabrica, Madrid and Kimsooja Studio

2015

(Left to right:)
01 Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, 6:25 loop, Sound, Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air, 2009, 08:00 loop, Silent, Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, 06:57 loop, Silent
02 Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, 3:47 loop, Sound, Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009, 05:42 loop, Silent, Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, 09:22 loop, Silent

Kimsooja: Thread Routes – Chapter III, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Kimsooja: Thread Routes – Chapter III, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Installation View at Kimsooja: Thread Routes, Chapter III, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio
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2015

(Left to right:)
01 Thread Routes – Chapter III, 2012, Stills from the Video
02 Thread Routes – Chapter III, 2012, Single Channel Video, 17:35 loop, 5.1 Sound
03 - 10 Thread Routes Chapter III - Deductive Object, 2015, Fabric Installation, Cotton Tablecloth for Block Print and Paint Residue, Dimensions Variable
11 - 13 Thread Routes – Chapter III - Lightwaves, 2010 - 2015, Stills from the Video

Kimsooja: Thread Routes, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

Kimsooja: Thread Routes, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

Installation view at Kimsooja: Thread Routes, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Courtesy of Guggenheim Bilbao and Kimsooja Studio

2015 Video by Erika Ede

Thread Routes – Chapter I, 2010, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 24:52 loop, Sound
Thread Routes – Chapter II, 2011, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 23:50 loop, Sound
Thread Routes – Chapter III, 2012, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 17:35 loop, Sound

Kimsooja: To Breathe, Centre Pompidou Metz, France

Kimsooja: To Breathe, Centre Pompidou Metz, France

Commissioned by Centre Pompidou-Metz, Courtesy of Institut français/Année France Corée, Kukje Gallery, Seoul and Kimsooja Studio

2015 01 –06 / 18–22, Photo by Jaeho Chong
07–17 Photo by Thierry Depange

(Left to right:)
01–16 '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)
17–22 'To Breathe' (2015), Site-specific Installation consisting of Diffraction Grating Film

To Breathe: Obangsaek