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Kimsooja

︎kimsooja.com
︎@kimsoojastudio


Korean Conceptual Artist
Born: 1957, Saegu, South Korea; lives and works in New York, Paris, and Seoul

“Artist Kimsooja Plants the Seed of an Idea” by Mark Rappolt

“Meet the Artist | Kimsooja” by Art Basel Youtube Channel



Thread Routes - Chapter III, 2012, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 5.1 sound, 16:34, installation view at Guggenheim Bilbao, Video by Erika Ede



A Laundry Field, 2020. Site-specific installation consisting of 100 local Swedish embroidered bedsheets. Installation view at Wanås Konst Sculpture Park, Sweden. Photo by Mattias Givell
To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2017, 30 polyester flags, 243 x 152 cm each. Installation view at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, 2018. Photos by Alessandro Bianchetti



To Breathe, 2015, site-specific installation consisting of video projection To Breathe: Invisible Mirror, Invisible Needle, 2005, mirror, diffraction grating film, and sound performance The Weaving Factory, 2004, at Centre Pompidou-Metz, photograph by Jaeho Chong
Bottari Truck, 2005. 3 wheel, 1 ton truck from Germany, bottaris, bungee cords Photo by Simon Vogel  
To Breathe, 2015, site-specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film, at Centre Pompidou-Metz Forum, photograph by Thierry Depagne

Lotus: Zone of Zero, 2016, site-specific installation at CAC Málaga consisting of 708 lotus lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic chants, photo by José Luis Gutiérrez




A Needle Woman, 1999-2001, Multi Channel Videos, 33 loop, silent, locations: Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan), Mexico City (Mexico), Delhi (India)