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Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth

Single Channel Video
9:22 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth

Single Channel Video
6:25 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth

Single Channel Video
5:42 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air

Single Channel Video
8:00 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Agua / Air of Water

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Agua / Air of Water

Single Channel Video
6:07 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire

Single Channel Video
3:47 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water

Earth - Water - Fire - Air
Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009
7:09 / loop
silent

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water

Single Channel Video
6:57 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Nuit Blanche 2009, Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Nuit Blanche 2009, Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Performed and filmed in Paris, 2009, Commissioned by Nuit Blanche Paris 2009

2009

Photo by Thierry Depagne

A Needle Woman – Paris, 2009, Performance Video, Single Channel, 25:00 loop, Silent, HD

A Needle Woman – Paris

A Needle Woman – Paris

Performance Video
Single Channel, 25:00 loop, Silent, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Performed and filmed in Paris, 2009, Commissioned by Nuit Blanche Paris 2009

Archive of Couples (Set of 30 Prints)

Archive of Couples (Set of 30 Prints)

Set of 30 Iris Print Prints
each 114.1 x 80.5 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2009

An Album: Hudson Guild

An Album: Hudson Guild

Single Channel Video
31:40 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007/2009

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007/2009

Duraclear Photographic print in Lightbox
125 x 188 x 16 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2009

Performance in 2007, Video Still Image from Bottari Truck - Migrateurs

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Approx 2000 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Courtesy of the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea;

2008

Photos by Mikåel Falke and Fabrice Kada

Installation in the Rotunda at Galerie Ravenstein, Brussels, Belgium, 2008
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

Bottari Tricycle

Bottari Tricycle

Used Chinese Tricycle with 21 Bottaris, Used Bedcovers and Used Clothes
110(h)x95x287cm
Unique

2008

Photo by Thierry Depagne

Installation view at Kimsooja, Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Continua Gallery, Le Moulin, France 2009

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs

1 ton truck, Bottaris, Bungee Cords
470 x 170 x 200(h)cm
Unique

2008

Installation at Group Exhibition Je reviendrai, MAC/VAL, Paris, France

The House Project

The House Project

Lofoten House
Filmed at Laukvik, Lofoten Islands, Norway

2008

Photos by Kjell Ove Storvik

Installation at Lofoten International Art Festival Towards a Future Present

The Sun – Unfolded (Set of 6 prints)

The Sun – Unfolded (Set of 6 prints)

Set of 6 Giclée Inklet Prints
each 114.3 x 96.5cm

2008

Installation, Solo Exihibition at Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

A Mirror Woman: The Sun & The Moon

A Mirror Woman: The Sun & The Moon

A Mirror Woman: The Sun & The Moon
4 Channel Video
12:33 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

This landscape image is drawn from a video work Kimsooja filmed on the coast of Goa in India. The rising and setting of the sun and the moon, their constant motion in concert with the ocean tide, demonstrate the balance and interdependent cycle of nature. When the artist saw the two opposing celestial bodies at the same time she superimposed the two, allowing for their synchronous alignment to eclipses the reality as we know it.
The spheres shaped by earth, water, and human hands resonate with the cosmic orbit of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun.


이 풍경 이미지는 김수자가 인도 고아 해안에서 촬영한 영상 작업에서 가져온 것이다. 태양과 달의 상승과 하강, 그리고 조수(潮水)와 더불어 이루어지는 그들의 끊임없는 운동은 자연이 이루어내는 균형과 상호의존적 순환을 보여준다. 작가는 서로 반대 방향에 위치한 두 천체가 동시에 보이는 순간을 목격하고 이 두 이미지를 겹쳐 배치함으로써 우리가 알고 있는 현실의 질서를 잠시 가리는, 동시적인 정렬의 순간을 작품화하였다.
흙과 물, 그리고 인간의 손에 의해 형성된 이 구체는 지구·달·태양이 이루는 우주적 궤도와 공명한다. 이는 자연과 인간, 물질과 우주의 관계를 사유하도록 이끄는 조형적 은유이자 김수자 작업의 핵심 주제인 순환·호흡·존재의 본질을 다시금 일깨운다.

2008

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

To Breathe – A Mirror Woman 2006/2008

To Breathe – A Mirror Woman 2006/2008

Duraclear Photographic Print in Lightbox
Large: 185 x 138 cm
Small: 89 x 119 cm
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2008

Site-Specific Installation at The Crystal Palace, Madrid, Spain, 2006

Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2008 (Series of 30 Prints)

Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2008 (Series of 30 Prints)

C-Print
each 88.9 x 72.1 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2008

Mumbai: A Laundry Field (Series of 18 Prints)

Mumbai: A Laundry Field (Series of 18 Prints)

C-Print
each 44.5 x 60.8 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2007

Mumbai: A Laundry Field

Mumbai: A Laundry Field

4 Channel Video
10:25 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2007

An Album: Havana (Set of 4 Prints)

An Album: Havana (Set of 4 Prints)

Giclée Inkjet Prints
each 55.9 x 78.7 cm
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2007

An Album: Havana

An Album: Havana

Single Channel Video, 6:57 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2007

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs

Performance Video
Single Channel, 9:17 loop, Silent, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2007

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

Deductive Object (Bottari cart), 19th C. Baguette Cart from France, 8 Bottaris - Used Bed Clothes and Bungee Cords, 100(h) x 100(w) x 65(d)cm

Deductive Object (Bottari), Single Bottari, Used Bed Clothes, Wrapping Cloth, 30 x 65cm

Deductive Object (Bottari cart), 19th C. Baguette Cart from France, 6 Bottaris - Used Bed Clothes and Bungee Cords, 104(h) x 75(w) x 50(d)cm

2007

Photo by Simon Vogel

To Breathe – Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, (Set of 8 Prints)

To Breathe – Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, (Set of 8 Prints)

Digital Flex Print
each 67.6 x 101.6 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2007

A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999/2007

A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999/2007

Giclée Inkjet Print
62.2 x 86.4 cm

2007

Performance in 1999, Kitakyushu, Japan, Video Still Image from A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu

A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, India, 2000/2007

A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River, India, 2000/2007

Giclée Inkjet Print
61.6 x 86.4 cm
Edition of 25 plus 4 artist's proofs

2007

Performance in 2000, Video Still Image from A Laundry Woman – Yamuna River

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2007

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2007

Giclée Inkjet Print
62.2 x 86.4 cm
Edition of 25 plus 4 artist's proofs

2007

Performance in 1997, Video Still Image from Cities on the Move - 2727km Bottari Truck

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