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MMCA Hyundai Motors Series 2016: KIMSOOJA - Archive of Mind, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
27 July 2016 – 5 February 2017
Courtesy of MMCA and Hyundai Motor Co. and Kimsooja Studio
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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
Kimsooja: To Breathe, Centre Pompidou Metz, France
26 October 2015 – 4 January 2016
Commissioned by Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France.
Courtesy of Institut français/Année France Corée, Kukje Gallery, Seoul and Kimsooja Studio
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Photo by Jaeho Chong (01 –06 / 18–22)
Photo by Thierry Depange (07 – 17)
(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
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
The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
13 March 2015 – 17 May 2015
Commissioned by Lanzerote Biennale and Hermes Foundation, Paris, Courtesy of La Fabrica, Madrid and Kimsooja Studio
(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, 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 / [Center] Architecture of Vulnerability 3 / [Right] Architecture of Vulnerability 1, 2013, Digital C-Print, each 47 x 71 cm
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
Kimsooja, To Breathe, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy
24 September 2014 – 13 November 2014
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(Left to right)
01 To Breathe, 2014, Site Specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Films, Variable
02 To Breathe: Bottari, 2013, Duraclear Photographic Print in Light Box, 119 x 89.5 x 16 cm
03 To Breathe (IV), 2013, Duraclear Photographic Print in Light Box, 124 x 186 x 16 cm
04 The Sun – Unfolded, 2008, Giclée Inkjet Prints on Epson Paper, Set of 6 prints, each 114.3 x 96.5 cm
Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy Was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir, Cornell University Arts Quad, New York, USA
15 September 2014 – 12 December 2014
1st Cornell Council for the Arts(CCA) Biennial: Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy Was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir
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A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory Earth is a Souvenir, 2014, Steel, Custom Acrylic Panel, Laminated Polymer Film, Circular Mirror, 1402.08 x 137.16 cm
Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Daegu, Korea
23 August 2014 – 21 September 2014
Site-specific Installation view at 2014 Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Communication Space THE ARC, Daegu, Korea
Earth - Water - Fire - Air Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:57 loop, Silent, Courtesy of Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong
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
Kimsooja, Bottaris, La Fabrica, Madrid, Spain
4 February 2014 – 6 April 2014
(Left to right)
01 [Left] Deductive Object VI, 1996/2013, Digital Flex Print, 101.6 x 74.7 cm
[Right] Deductive Object VII, 1996/2013, Digital Flex Print, 101.6 x 74.7 cm
02 [Left] The Sun – Unfolded, 2008, Giclée Inkjet Prints on Epson Paper, Set of 6 prints, each 114.3 x 96.5 cm
[Center] Encounter – Looking into Sewing, 1998/2013, Digital Flex Print, 203.2 x 116.8 cm
[Right] To Breathe: Invisible Needle / Invisible Mirror, 2007, Digital Flex Print, Set of 6 Prints, each 67.6 x 101.6cm
03 The Sun – Unfolded, 2008, Giclée Inkjet Prints on Epson Paper, Set of 6 prints, each 114.3 x 96.5 cm
Making Space, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland
18 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
Photo by Nora Rupp
A Needle Woman - Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, 8 Channel Video, 6:33 loop, Silent
Kimsooja, An Album: Sewing into Borderlines, Mariposa Land Port of Entry, Arizona, USA
2013 –
Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program, Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration, 2010 – 2013, Permanent Installation
An Album: Sewing into Borderlines, 2013, Single Channel Video, 11:01 loop, Silent
Kimsooja / Unfolding, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1 June 2013 – 24 November 2013
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(Left to Right:)
01 Lotus: Zone of Zero, 2013, 336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure, Cables, Variable
02 Deductive Object – Remembrance, 1991, Used Monk's Mattress, Used Korean Clothing Fragments, Acrylic, Wood, Steel Decoration, Bandage, 183 x 129.5 x 43 cm
03 [Left] Untitled, 1987, Used Korean Clothing Fragments, Chinese Ink, Thread, 87 x 210 cm
[Right] The Earth and the Heaven, 1984, Used Korean Clothing Fragments, Acrylics and Chinese Ink on Canvas Cloth, 192.4 x 200 cm
04 Deductive Object, 1991~1996
[Right] Deductive Object – Leaf of Door, 1991, Used Korean Clothing Fragments with Korean Door Frames, each 157.5 x 54.8 x 2 cm
05 [Left] Deductive Object – Helmet, 1991, Judo Mask, Used Korean Clothing Fragments, Acrylics, 53 x 18 x 27.5 cm
[Center] Deductive Object, 1991, Used Korean Clothing Fragments and thread on Korean Stool, 55.5 x 30 x 30 cm / Deductive Object, 1992, Cloth on Found Object, 68.5 x 87 x 4.5cm
[Right] Deductive Object, 1993, Used Korean Clothing Fragments, Wooden Ladder, Light, Metal Rolling Machine, 143 x 83 x 89.5 cm
06 [Left] Portrait, 1991, Used Korean Clothing Fragments, Acrylics, Thread and Chinese Ink on Canvas Cloth, 274 x 182 cm
[Right] Mind of the World, 1992, Thread and Ink on Used Korean Clothing Fragments, 75 x 118 cm
07 [Left] Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, Performance Video, Single Channel, 9:17 loop, Silent
[Right] Bottari Truck, 2013, 2.5 ton truck (1964 International Harvester C-900), Bottaris, Rope, 209.28(h) x 226 x 467.36 cm
08 [Left] Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2004, Single Channel Mixed Media Sound Installation (One jukebox, Three Chants: Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic)
[Center] Bottari, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothing, Variable
[Right] Archive of Couples, 2009, Iris Print, Set of 30 Prints, each 114.1 x 80.5 cm
09 To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2024, 5:34 loop
10 Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007-2008, 4 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound
11 A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, Performance Video, 8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
12 A Mirror Woman, 2002/2013, Korean Bedcovers, Mirrored Walls, Four Industrial Fans, Cables, Clothespins, Tibetan Monk's Chant, Variable
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 - Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
28 June 2013 – 25 October 2013
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Photo by Stefan Altenburger
ⓒKunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007, 3 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound
Kimsooja, To Breathe – The Flags, Aix-en-Provence, France
12 January 2013 – 17 February 2013
(Contemporary Art Trail 2012)
Photo by Elizabeth Carecchio
To Breathe – The Flags, 2013, Site-specific installation 12 Video Still Images
Kimsooja, Kunsthal 44Møen, Askeby, Denmark
10 June 2012 – 22 July 2012
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(Left to Right)
01 Encounter – Looking into Sewing, 1998/2011, Performative Sculpture, Used Korean Bedcovers, Mannequin, 165 x 80 cm
02 Deductive Objects – Bottari Cart, 2007, 19th C. Baguette Cart from France, Bottaris, Bungee Cords, 100 x 97 x 73 cm,106 x 100 x 63 cm
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
New Acquisitions 2010, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
12 April 2011 – 26 June 2011
A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, Performance Video, 8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Buddha's Trace – Contemporary Art From Asia, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
23 August 2011 – 13 November 2011
Site-specific Installation at Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, USA
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Photo by Uwe Engels
To Breathe: Mandala, 2010, Single Jukebox with the Artist’s Voice Performance “The Weaving Factory”(2004)
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, Being in the World, Musée d'art de Joliette, Québec, Canada
26 September 2010 – 9 January 2011
02 A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, 2000, Performance Video, Single Channel, 10:30 loop, Silent
03 [Left] Bottari – Alfa Beach, 2001, DVD, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
[Right] A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, 2000, Performance Video, Single Channel, 10:30 loop, Silent
04 Bottari – Alfa Beach, 2001, DVD, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
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