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A Wind Woman

A Wind Woman

Single Channel Video
3:04 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2003

Encounter – Looking Into Sewing, 1998/2002

Encounter – Looking Into Sewing, 1998/2002

Vibacrome Print
212.1 x 126 cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2002

Photo by Lee Jong Soo

Performative Sculpture in 1988

A Needle Woman, MoMA PS1, New York, USA

A Needle Woman, MoMA PS1, New York, USA

Installation at Solo Exhibition, Kimsooja - A Needle Woman, MoMA PS1

2001

(Left to right:)
01 - 03 A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, Performance Video, 8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent

A Needle Woman – Mexico City (Mexico)

A Needle Woman – Mexico City (Mexico)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – London (England)

A Needle Woman – London (England)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – Shanghai (China)

A Needle Woman – Shanghai (China)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – Tokyo (Japan)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo (Japan)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – Delhi (India)

A Needle Woman – Delhi (India)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – New York (U.S.A)

A Needle Woman – New York (U.S.A)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – Cairo (Egypt)

A Needle Woman – Cairo (Egypt)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Needle Woman – Lagos (Nigeria)

A Needle Woman – Lagos (Nigeria)

A Needle Woman – Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London
1999-2001
Performance Video
8 channel, 6:33 loop, silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Beggar Woman – Lagos

A Beggar Woman – Lagos

Performance Video
Single Channel, 8:50 loop, Silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

A Homeless Woman – Cairo

A Homeless Woman – Cairo

Performance Video
Single Channel, 6:33 loop, Silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

Bottari – Drawing the Snow

Bottari – Drawing the Snow

Single Channel Video
6:23 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2001

Bottari – Wrapping the Thunderstorm

Bottari – Wrapping the Thunderstorm

Single Channel Video
6:28 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2001

Bottari – Alfa Beach

Bottari – Alfa Beach

Single Channel Video
6:18 loop, Silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

Cities on the Move – 11633 Miles of Bottari Truck, 1998/2001

Cities on the Move – 11633 Miles of Bottari Truck, 1998/2001

Duraclear Photographic Print in Lightbox
Large: 128 x 188.5 x 25.5cm
Small: 65 x 95.5 x 20.5cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

Installation view(Bottaris closeup), Sao Paolo Biennale 1998

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2001

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2001

Duraclear Photographic Print in Lightbox
Large: 128 x 188.5 x 25.5cm
Small: 65 x 95.5 x 20.5cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

Performance in 1997, Production Still (Bottari in the Street) from Cities on the Move - 2727km Bottari Truck

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2001

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2001

Duraclear Photographic Print in Light Box
Large edition: 188.5cm x 128 x 25.5cm
Small edition: 95.5cm x 65 x 20.5cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

Performance in 1997, Production Still Image (Artist Facing Mountain) from Cities on the Move - 2727km Bottari Truck

Bottaris, 1994/2001

Bottaris, 1994/2001

Duraclear Photographic Print in Light Box
Large edition: 128 x 188.5cm x 25.5cm
Small edition: 65 x 95.5cm x 20.5cm
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

2001

Photo by Joo Myung Duck

Performance in 1994, Yangdong Village, Kyungju, Korea

Bottari – Waiting for the Sunrise

Bottari – Waiting for the Sunrise

Single Channel Video
4:53 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2000

Bottari – Throwing the Globe

Bottari – Throwing the Globe

Single Channel Video
2:20 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2000

Bottari – Chasing the Fog

Bottari – Chasing the Fog

Single Channel Video
4:34 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2000

Bottari – Zocalo

Bottari – Zocalo

Single Channel Video
3:18 loop, Silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2000

A Beggar Woman – Mexico City

A Beggar Woman – Mexico City

Performance Video
Single Channel, 8:50 loop, Silent

2000

A Homeless Woman – Delhi

A Homeless Woman – Delhi

C-Print
90.5 x 134 cm
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs

2000

Performance in 2000, Delhi, India

A Homeless Woman – Delhi

A Homeless Woman – Delhi

Performance Video
Single Channel, 6:33 loop, Silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2000

A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999/2000

A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999/2000

A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu
C-Print
90.5 x 134 cm
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs

This portrait of the artist was taken during her performance in Kitakyushu, Japan. Kimsooja’s body follows the curvature of the rock, becoming a line that connects and divides the earth and the sky. By lying faced away on the edge of nature, she places her horizontal body against the viewers’ standing behind. Kimsooja considers her body as an axis through which movement and stillness, self and others, horizontality and verticality are measured. It is a symbolic cross, or a crossing of dualistic realities. This performance also takes place in nature in relation to her first performance, A Needle Woman (1999), presented in the Studio, where she stands still against waves of crowds in different cities.


이 작품은 김수자가 일본 기타큐슈에서 수행한 퍼포먼스 중 촬영된 것이다. 작가의 몸은 바위의 곡선을 따라가며 땅과 하늘을 연결하고, 또 그 둘을 가르는 하나의 선이 된다. 자연의 경계에 등을 대고 누운 그녀의 수평적 신체는 그것을 보고 있는 관람자의 수직적 자세와 대비를 이루며 자리한다.
김수자는 자신의 신체를 움직임과 정지, 자아와 타자, 수평성과 수직성을 가늠하는 하나의 축으로 간주한다. 이는 상징적 십자형상이자, 이원적 현실이 교차하는 지점에 대한 은유적 표상이다. 또한 이 퍼포먼스는 스튜디오에서 소개된 그녀의 첫 퍼포먼스 〈바늘여인〉(1999) — 여러 도시의 군중 속에서 정면을 향해 정지해 서 있는 작업 — 과 긴밀히 연관되며, 자연 속에서 이루어지는 또 다른 변주로 읽힌다.

2000

Performance in 1999, Kitakyushu, Japan

A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River

A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River

C-Print
90.5 x 134 cm
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs

2000

Performance in 2000, Yamuna River, India

A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, India

A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, India

Performance Video
Single Channel, 10:30 loop, Silent
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

2000
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