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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

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

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

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

To Breathe: Obangsaek

Duraclear Photographic Print in Lightbox
75 x 120 x 15cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2015

To Breathe - Obangsaek

To Breathe - Obangsaek

Giclée Inkjet Print on Canvas
222 x 137.2 cm
Unique

2015

Geometry of Body, 2013/2015 (Series of 10 Prints)

Geometry of Body, 2013/2015 (Series of 10 Prints)

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

2015

Architecture of Vulnerability – Darkness, 2011/2015 (Series of 5 Prints)

Architecture of Vulnerability – Darkness, 2011/2015 (Series of 5 Prints)

Digital C-Print
each 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2015

Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009/2015

Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009/2015

Digital C-Print
103.5 x 170 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2015

Video Still Image from Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009

Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009/2015

Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009/2015

Digital C-Print
103.5 x 170 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2015

Video Still Image from Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009

Deductive Object, 2009/2015

Deductive Object, 2009/2015

Digital C-Print
115.6 x 172.7 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2015

Photo by Kimsooja at Cairo, 2009

Deductive Object – Cemetery, 2008/2015

Deductive Object – Cemetery, 2008/2015

Digital C-Print
74.4 x 55.9 cm
Edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs

2015

Deductive Object – Father's Grave, 2008/2015

Deductive Object – Father's Grave, 2008/2015

Digital C-Print
74.4 x 55.9 cm
Edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs

2015

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2015

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2015

Digital Slideshow
Selected 223 Flea-Marktet Photographs from the Artist's on going photo project around the world

2015

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2015

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2015

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

2015

City Center Transformation, Sydney | Unfolding

City Center Transformation, Sydney | Unfolding

Detail Drawing of Proposed Mixed Media Site-specifc Installation
East West Connectors, Sydney, Australia

2014

Unfolding Bottari - Geometry of Possession, 1991-2014

Unfolding Bottari - Geometry of Possession, 1991-2014

113 Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper Divided into Two Used Wooden Boxes
Print: each 17.8 x 22.2 cm
Box: each 13.3 x 44.5 x 15.9 cm

2014

Unfolding Bottari - Geometry of Possession

Unfolding Bottari - Geometry of Possession

2015
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