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Bottari – An Island

Bottari – An Island

Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Mandala, Kewenig Galerie, Palma, Majorca, Spain
Courtesy of Kewenig Galerie, Palma and Kimsooja Studio

2014

[left] ] Bottari, 2009/2014, Used Korean Bedcover, Used Clothes, Clay Basin from Mallorca, 62 x 49cm (approx)
[center] Bottari, 2009/2014, Used Korean Bedcover, Used Clothes, Clay Basin from Mallorca, 63 x 53cm (approx)
[right] Bottari, 2014, Used Korean Bedcover, Fabric, Catholic Mass Reading/Chant Book for Fathers, 80 x 45 cm (approx)

A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir

A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir

Digital C-Print
117.5 x 82.5 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2014

Installation at the 1st Cornell Council for the Arts(CCA) Biennial: Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy Was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir, Cornell University Arts Quad, Ithaca, New York, USA

A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir

A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir

Steel, Custom Acrylic Panel, Laminated Polymer Film, Circular Mirror

2014

Photo by Jaeho Chong

Installation at the 1st Cornell Council for the Arts(CCA) Biennial: Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy Was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir, Cornell University Arts Quad, Ithaca, New York, USA

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2014

Unfolding Bottari – Geometry of Possession, 1991-2014

223 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

To Breathe: Obangsaek

To Breathe: Obangsaek

Site-specific Wallpaper Installation

2014

Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Obengsaek, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2014-2015

Deductive Object: Obangsaek

Deductive Object: Obangsaek

Woven Carpet Installation
600 x 120 cm

2014

Site-specific Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Obengsaek, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2014 - 2015

Deductive Object: Obangsaek

Deductive Object: Obangsaek

Woven Carpet - Semi Worsted Wool Carpet
120 x 30(dia)cm

2014

Site-specific Installation at Kimsooja, To Breathe: Obengsaek,Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2014-2015

Deductive Object: Obangsaek

Deductive Object: Obangsaek

Wallpaper

2014

Thread Routes – Chapter IV

Thread Routes – Chapter IV

Single Channel Video
27:48 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2014

A Mirror Woman – The Sun & The Moon, 2008/2014

A Mirror Woman – The Sun & The Moon, 2008/2014

Giclée Inkjet Print
51.4 x 86.7cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2014

Photo by Tadahisa Sakurai

This project was possible with the generous support of Shiseido Co., Ltd.

Thread Routes – Chapter I, 2010/2014

Thread Routes – Chapter I, 2010/2014

Giclée Inkjet Print
51.4 x 90.8 cm

2014

Video Still Image from Thread Routes - Chapter I, 2010

An Album: Sewing into Borderlines

An Album: Sewing into Borderlines

Single Channel Video, 11:01 loop, Silent
Edition of 1 plus 1 artist's proof

2013

Site-specific Video Installation at Mariposa Land Port of Entry, Arizona, USA
Commissioned through the GSA Art in Architecture Program, Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure, Cables
Dimensions Variable

2013

Photo by Rachel Topham

Retrospective exhibition at Kimsooja / Unfolding, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

Architecture of Vulnerability (Series of 3 Prints)

Architecture of Vulnerability (Series of 3 Prints)

Digital C-Print
47 x 71 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs

2013

To Breathe: Obangsaek

To Breathe: Obangsaek

Site-specific Wallpaper Installation
Variable

2013

Photo by Jaeho Chong

Installation at The Lift, the Bloomberg Building, New York, USA

To Breathe – Bottari

To Breathe – Bottari

Duraclear Photographic Print in Lightbox
119 x 89 x 16 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2013

Photo by Jaeho Chong

Site-Specific Installation at the To Breathe: Bottari, The Korean Pavilion, 55th Biennale De Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2013

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags, Series of 12 Video Still Images

2013

Photo by Elizabeth Carecchio

Site-specific Installation at the Marseille-Provence European Capital of Culture 2013: Kimsooja, To Breathe - The Flags, Aix-en-Provence, France

Encounter – Looking Into Sewing, 1998/2013

Encounter – Looking Into Sewing, 1998/2013

Digital Flex Print
203.2 x 116.8 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs

2013

Photo by Simon Vogel

Performative Sculpture in 1998

Deductive Object VII, 1996/2013

Deductive Object VII, 1996/2013

Digital Flex Print
101.6 x 74.7 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs

2013

Photo by Adam Scans

Deductive Object VI, 1996/2013

Deductive Object VI, 1996/2013

Digital Flex Print
101.6 x 74.7 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs

2013

Photo by Adam Scans

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA

Site-specific Video Projection at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA
Courtesy of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

2012

Photo by Kimsooja

(Left to Right)
01 To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2006, Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
02 A Needle Woman - Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sanaa, Jerusalem, 2005, 10:40 loop, Silent

Thread Routes Chapter III – Lightwaves

Thread Routes Chapter III – Lightwaves

Single Chanel Video
17:35 loop, Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2012

Thread Routes – Chapter III

Thread Routes – Chapter III

Single Channel Video
17:35 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2012

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags

Single Channel Video
Animation, 40:41 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2012

Bottari, 2009/2012

Bottari, 2009/2012

Digital C-Print
56.8 x 76.2cm
Edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs

2012

Installation view at A House is Not a Home, La Calmeleterie, Nazelles Negron, France, Photos by Andre Morin

A Wind Woman, 2003-2012 (Series of 7 Prints)

A Wind Woman, 2003-2012 (Series of 7 Prints)

Archival pigment print on Canvas
each 137.1 x 205.7 x 2.5 cm
Unique

2012

Thread Routes Chapter II – Lightwaves

Thread Routes Chapter II – Lightwaves

Single Chanel Video
23:40 loop, Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2011

Thread Routes – Chapter II

Thread Routes – Chapter II

Single Channel Video
23:50 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2011

An Album: Hudson Guild

An Album: Hudson Guild

Single channel video
31:40 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD

2011

Site specific screening at SVA theater, New York, 2011
Commissioned by More Art, New York.

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Courtesy of Plateau, Samsung Museum, Seoul

2011

Photos 02 - 03 by Sang Tae Kim

Site-specific Installation at Group Exhibition Space Study, Plateau, Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2011
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

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