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Kimsooja: Thread Routes – Chapter III, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
30 April 2015 – 15 July 2015
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(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
12 March 2015 – 5 July 2015
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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
To Breathe: Obangsaek, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
20 December 2014 – 14 March 2015
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Courtesy of Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland and Kimsooja Studio
(Left to right)
01 [Left] Mirror of Air, 2010, Single Channel Video, 2:39 loop, Silent / [Right] To Breathe - The Flags, 2012, Single Channel Video Animation, 40:41 loop, Silent, HD
02 To Breathe – The Flags, 2012, Single Channel Video Animation, 40:41 loop, Silent, HD
03 Deductive Object – Unfolding Bottari, 223 prints on Hahnemuhle paper divided into two used wooden boxes, 17.8 x 22.2cm (print, each), 13.3 x 44.5 x 15.9cm (box, each), Unique
04 Deductive Object: Obangsaek, 2014, Wallpaper, Set of 2 rolls 70 x 5(dia) cm
05 Deductive Object: Obangsaek, 2014, Rolled Woven Carpet, 120 x 30(dia) cm
06 An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009, Single Channel Video, 31:40 loop, sound, Commissioned by More Art, New York
07 [Left] Deductive Object: Obangsaek, 2014, Rolled Woven Carpet, 120 x 30(dia) cm / [Right] An Album: Hudson Guild, 2009, Single Channel Video, 31:40 loop, sound, Commissioned by More Art, New York
08 Deductive Object: Obangsaek, 2014, Woven Carpet, 600 x 120 cm
09 Bottari, 2011, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothings, 52 x 55 x 55cm, Courtesy of Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland and Kimsooja Studio
10 – 11 To Breathe: Obangsaek, 2014, Site-specific Wallpaper Installation, Dimensions Variable
12 Flag, 2006, Digital Print, 106 x 54.6cm
13 The Seven Wishes, 2004, Seven Iris Prints, 114.1 x 80.5cm (each)
14 [Left] Architecture of Vulnerability 2 / [Middle] Architecture of Vulnerability 3 / [Right] Architecture of Vulnerability 1, 2013, Digital C-Print, 47 x 71 cm (each)
15 Architecture of Vulnerability, 2010-2013, Duraclear Photographic Print in Light Box, 48 x 62 x 16cm (each)
16 Thread Routes – Chapter II, 2011, Single Channel Video, 23:50 loop, Sound
17 Mirror of Air, 2010, Single Channel Video, 2:39 loop, Silent
18 To Breathe: Zouz, 2014, Site-specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Film on Window, Dimensions Variable
To Breathe: Mandala, Kewenig Galerie, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
5 June 2014 – 2 October 2014
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To Breathe: Mandala, 2010, Single Jukebox with the Artist’s Voice Performance “The Weaving Factory”(2004), Juke box: 81.28cm(dia), 30.48cm(d), Courtesy of Kewenig Galerie, Berlin & Mallorca and Kimsooja Studio
To Breathe: Bottari, The Korean Pavilion, 55th Biennale De Venezia, Venice, Italy
1 June 2013 – 24 November 2013
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Photo by Jaeho Chong
To Breathe: Bottari, 2013
Main Space: Mixed media installation with The Weaving Factory, 2004-2013, The artist's voice performance sound, 5.1 channel, 9:14, loop
Anechoic Chamber: Kimsooja, To Breathe: Blackout, 2013, Anechoic chamber in complete darkness, Mixed media, Unique
Kimsooja, To Breathe, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
29 August 2012 – 10 October 2012
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Photo by Sang Tae Kim
(Left to Right)
01 Bottari – Alfa Beach, 2001, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
02 – 03 Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007-2008, 4 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound
04 Mirror of Wind, 2010, 4:08 loop Silent / Kimsooja, Mirror of Air, 2010, Single Channel Video, 2:39 loop, Silent / Kimsooja, Mirror of Water, 2010, 7:25 loop, Silent
05 An Album: Havana, 2007, Single Channel Video, 6:57 loop, Silent
06 – 07 Kimsooja, Thread Routes – Chapter I, 2010, 24:52 loop, Sound, HD / Thread Routes – Chapter II, 2011, 23:50 loop, Sound, HD
08 – 14 To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2005, Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
Calm Chaos: Kimsooja's Earth - Water - Fire - Air, PERMM, Perm, Russia
31 May 2012 – 19 August 2012
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Photo by Aleksey Gushchin
Earth - Water - Fire - Air, 2009-2010, 8 Channel Video Installation, Loop
Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, Single Channel Video, 3:47 loop
Aire de Agua / Air of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:07 loop
Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 7:09 loop
Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:25 loop
Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 9:37 loop
Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 5:42 loop
Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air, 2009, Single Channel Video, 8:00 loop
Air Agua de Aire / Water of Air, 2010, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop
Kimsooja, MAMC+, Saint-Étienne, France
28 February 2012 – 28 March 2012
Photos by Yves Bresson
(Left to Right)
01 Bottari – Alfa Beach, 2001, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
02 A Needle Woman – Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sanaa, Jerusalem, 2005, Performance Video, 6 Channel, 10:40 loop, Silent
Kimsooja, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
6 December 2011 – 1 April 2012
Photo by Park Myungrae
A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, Performance Video, 8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Kimsooja, University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMASS), Massachusetts, USA
21 September 2011 – 11 December 2011
Photos by Stephen Petegorsky
(Left to right:)
01 A Beggar Woman – Lagos, 2001, Single Channel Video, 8:50 loop, Silent
02 A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Delhi, Lagos, New York, 1999-2001, 4 Channel Video, 6:33 loop, Silent
Sullivan Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), USA
14 September 2011 – 8 November 2011
Site-specific Installation at Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, USA
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Photos by James Prinz
Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007-2008, 4 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound, Courtesy of the Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Kimsooja, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
22 December 2010 – 12 March 2011
(Left to right:)
01 – 02 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
03 Encounter – Looking Into Sewing, 1998/2002, Vivachrome Print, 212.1 x 126cm
04 Bottari – Mother and Son, 2009, used Korean bedcover (red embroidered with stripes)
05 The Sun – Unfolded, 2008, 6 giclée (inkjet) prints on Epson paper, 45 x 38"
06 – 13 To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2005. Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
14 – 15 To Breathe: Zuoz, 2010, Site-specific installation with Diffraction Grating Film on 5 Window, Dimensions Variable
16 – 17 To Breathe – A Mirror Woman, 2006/2008, Duraclear photographic print in light box, 119 x 89 x 10 cm, Photo by Jaeho Chong
Kimsooja, Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Yeong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant Art Project, Yeong Gwang, Korea
3 September 2010 – 19 September 2010
Site-Specific Installation at Yeong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant Art Project, Yeong Gwang Korea
Organized by The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Earth - Water - Fire - Air, 2009-2010, 6 Channel Video Installation, Loop
Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, 9:37 loop
Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, 7:09 loop
Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, 5:02 loop, sound
Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, 6:25 loop, sound
Aire de Agua / Air of Water, 2010, 6:07 loop, sound
Agua de Aire / Water of Air, 2010, 6:18 loop
Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Johanniterkirche Feldkirch, Liechtenstein
9 July 2010 – 3 October 2010
Co-organized by Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein
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Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007, 3 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound
Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea
9 January 2010 – 28 Marech 2010
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Photos by Marty Heitner
(Left to right:)
01 – 04 Earth - Water - Fire - Air, 2009-2010, 8 Channel Video, Loop
05 Still Image from Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, Single Channel Video, 3:47 loop
06 Still Image from Aire de Agua / Air of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:07 loop
07 Still Image from Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 7:09 loop
08 Still Image from Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:25 loop
09 Still Image from Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 9:37 loop
10 Still Image from Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 5:42 loop
11 Still Image from Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air, 2009, Single Channel Video, 8:00 loop
12 Still Image from Air Agua de Aire / Water of Air, 2010, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop
Nuit Blanche 2009, Ville de Paris, Paris, France
3 October 2009
Commissioned by Nuit Blanche Paris 2009
Photo by Thierry Depagne
A Needle Woman – Paris, 2009, Performance Video, Single Channel, 25:00 loop, Silent, HD
Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Continua Gallery, Le Moulin, France
27 June 2009 – 4 October 2009
Photos by Thierry Depagne (01 – 05)
Photo by Daniel Moulinet (06 – 07)
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01 Bottari Tricycle, Used Chinese Tricycle with Bottaris, Bedcovers and Clothes, 295 x 190 cm
02 – 03 Five Bottari Installation, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, each diameter 68 cm (approx)
04 – 05 Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2008, 78 Fabrics(Clothing), Variable Size
06 – 07 Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2008, C-Print 38.7 x 58.4 cm, Series of 12 Images
Kimsooja, A Mirror Woman: The Sun & The Moon, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
23 August 2008 – 19 October 2008
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Photo by Tadahisa Sakurai
01 – 02 A Mirror Woman: The Sun & The Moon, 2008, 4 Channel Video, 12:33 loop, Sound
03 The Sun – Unfolded, 2008, Giclée Inklet Prints, Set of 6 prints, each 114.3 x 96.5 cm
Kimsooja, Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Kewenig Gallery, Cologne, Germany
21 April 2007 – 23 June 2007
Photo by Simon Vogel
(Left to Right:)
02 – 04 Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007, 3 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound
05 – 07 The Seven Wishes, 2004, Iris Print on Somerset Velvet Archival Paper. Set of 7 Prints, Each 114.1 x 80.5 cm
Kimsooja, A Wind Woman, Peter Blum Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
9 November 2006 – 13 January 2008
A Wind Woman, 2003-2006, Iris Print, 88.9 x 119.4 cm
Kimsooja, A Wind Woman, The Project, New York, USA
9 November 2006 – 12 December 2006
Nuit Blanche 2006, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
7 October 2006
Commissioned by Nuit Blanche Paris 2006
Photo by Thierry Depagne
To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2005, DVD + CD, Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
Kimsooja, Magasin III - Museum for contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden
30 September 2006 – 17 December 2006
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Photo by Martin Runeborg
(Left to Right:)
01 – 02 Bottari Truck, 2005, 1 ton truck from Germany (1938 Tempo), Bottaris, Bungee Cords, 200 x 185 x 430cm
03 – 05 A Laundry Woman, 2006, Used Korean Bedcovers, Dimensions Variable
Kimsooja, To Breathe – A Mirror Woman, The Crystal Palace, Madrid, Spain
27 April 2006 – 24 July 2006
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To Breathe – A Mirror Woman, 2006, Diffraction Grating Film on Window, Dimensions Variable
Kimsooja, To Breathe / Respirare, La Fenice Theater, Venice, Italy
28 January 2006 – 20 March 2006
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To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2005, Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
Kimsooja, Bottari Cologne, Kewenig Gallery, Cologne, Germany
29 January 2005 – 12 March 2005
Photos by Simon Vogel
(Left to right:)
01 – 04 Bottari Truck, 2005, 1 ton truck fom Germany(Tempo, 1938), Bottaris, Bungee Cords, 200 x 185 x 430cm, Unique
05 Bottari – Alfa Beach, 2001, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
06 Bottari, Used Cloth, Wrapping Cloth, 47 x 55cm(approx)
07 – 09 Bottari, Used Cloth, Wrapping Cloth, each 53 x 65cm(approx)
Kimsooja, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy
8 October 2004 – 30 November 2004
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Photo by Antonio Maniscalco
Bottari Installation, 2004, Used Cloth, Wrapping Cloth, Dimensions Variable
Conditions of Humanity, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Traveling Solo Show
5 February 2003 – 20 April 2003, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (macLyon), Lyon, France
13 February 2004 – 23 May 2004, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
24 June 2004 – 19 September, 2004, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea(PAC), Milan, Italy
(Left to right:)
01 Mandala, 2003, Mixed Media Sound Installation, Jukebox Speaker, Single-Channel Audio of Tibetan Monks' Chant
02 A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, 2000, Performance Video, Single Channel, 10:30 loop, Silent, Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs
03 A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Delhi, Lagos, New York, 1999-2001, Performance Video, 4 Channel, 6:33 loop, Silent
04 – 05 A Laundry Woman, 2004, Used Korean Bedcovers, Variable
Conditions of Humanity, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (macLyon), Lyon, France
Traveling Solo Show
5 February 2003 – 20 April 2003, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (macLyon), Lyon, France
13 February 2004 – 23 May 2004, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
24 June 2004 – 19 September, 2004, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea(PAC), Milan, Italy
Photo by Blaise Adilon
(Left to Right:)
01 – 02 A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, Performance Video, 8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
03 A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, 2000, Performance Video, Single Channel, 10:30 loop, Silent
04 A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999, Performance Video, Single Channel Video, 6:33 loop, Silent
05 A Homeless Woman – Delhi, 2000, Performance Video, Single Channel, 6:33 loop, Silent
06 A Homeless Woman – Cairo, 2001, Performance Video, Single Channel, 6:33 loop, Silent
Kimsooja, Conditions of Humanity, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (macLyon), Lyon, France
7 November 2003 – 20 December 2003
Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2003, Three Channel Sound Installation (Three Jukeboxes, Chants: Tibetan, Gregorian, Islamic)