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MMCA Collection: Korean Contemporary Art, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
MMCA Collection: Korean Contemporary Art, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1 May 2025 – 3 May, 2026
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Photo by image Joom
Bottari Truck – Migrateurs
2007, Performance Video, Single Channel, 9:17 loop, Silent, HD
Installation view at MMCA Collection: Korean Contemporary Art, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, Tsuyama, Japan
Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, Tsuyama, Japan
28 September, 2024 – November 2025
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Photo by Takeshi Asano, Kenryou Gu
To Breathe
Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film, Dimensions variable
Installation view at Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, Tsuyama, Japan
Light: Visionary Perspectives, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
Light: Visionary Perspectives, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
13 July, 2024 – 21 April, 2025
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Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid
To Breathe
Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film and mirror floor panels, size variable
Installation view at Light: Visionary Perspectives, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
Ambienti 1956-2010 Environments by Women Artists II, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Ambienti 1956-2010 Environments by Women Artists II, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
10 April to 20 October 2024
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Photo Giorgio Benni
Courtesy Fondazione MAXXI
To Breathe
2024, Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film, Dimensions variable
Installation view at Ambienti 1956-2010 Environments by Women Artists II is an exhibition by MAXXI and Haus der Kunst München.
The original exhibition Inside Other Spaces. Environments by Women Artists 1956-1976 is conceived and produced by Haus der Kunst München 2023.
Every Island is a Mountain, Palazzo Malta – Ordine di Malta, Venice, Italy
Every Island is a Mountain, Palazzo Malta – Ordine di Malta, Venice, Italy
19 April to 8 September 2024
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Photo by Hyunjung Kwon
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A Needle Woman – Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Sergio López
Deductive Object – Bottari, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Sergio López
A Needle Woman – Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Sergio López
Geometry of Fire –Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Sergio López
A Needle Woman – Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Sergio López
Bottari – a couple, 2020, Used clothing, cloth, 60 × 60 × 50(h) cm.
Icônes, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
Icônes, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
2 April to 26 November 2023
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Photo by Matteo De Fina
© Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection 2023
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01 - 03 To Breathe – Venice, 2023, Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film and mirror panel., Dimensions variable
04 A Needle Woman – Delhi, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, 2000-2001, 4 Channel Video, 6:33 loop, Silent
Installation view at Icônes, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
To Breathe – The Flags, Asia Society Museum, New York
To Breathe – The Flags, Asia Society Museum, New York
Installation at the 1st Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone: Art and creativity under lockdown, Asia Society Museum, New York, USA
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Photo by Bruce M. White
Single Channel Video Animation, 40:41 loop, Silent, Courtesy of Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy and Kimsooja Studio
Landscape of Beings, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Landscape of Beings, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Installation view at Landscape of Beings, Le Confort Moderne, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, le Confort Moderne, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Galerie Tschudi and Kimsooja Studio
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Photo by Yann Gachet
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01 To Breathe, 2019, Site Specific Installation with Mirrors
02 Encounter: A Mirror Woman, 2019, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Folding Mirror Screen.
03 - 04 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, Juke box: 81.28cm(dia), 30.48cm(d)
05 A Needle Woman – Paris, 2009, Performance Video, Single Channel, 25:00 loop, Silent, HD, Commissioned by Nuit Blanche 2009, Paris.
Documenta 14: ANTIDORON, Fridericianum, Kassel
Documenta 14: ANTIDORON, Fridericianum, Kassel
Installation at Documenta 14: ANTIDORON - The EMST Collection, Documenta 14, Fridericianum, Kassel
First exhibited in 2005, Kimsooja, Journey into the World, EMST, Athens, Greece
Courtesy of Documenta 14, Athens, Kewenig Gallery, Berlin, EMST Collection, Athens and Kimsooja Studio
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Photo by Jasper Kettner
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01 - 03 Bottari, 2005, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Athens
04 - 05 Bottari, 2017, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Kassel
The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
Installation at The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale: Kimsooja: Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
Commissioned by Lanzerote Biennale and Hermes Foundation, Paris, Courtesy of La Fabrica, Madrid and Kimsooja Studio
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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
Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Daegu, Korea
Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Daegu, Korea
Installation view at 2014 Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Communication Space THE ARC, Daegu, Korea
Courtesy of Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong
Earth - Water - Fire - Air Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:57 loop, Silent
Making Space, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland
Making Space, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland
Installation at Group Exhibition Making Space. 40 Years of Video art, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne(MCBA), Lausanne, Switzerland
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
Je Reviendrai, MCA/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Je Reviendrai, MCA/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Performance in Paris, November 10, 2007 and Installation at MAC/VAL, Paris
Commissioned by Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France.
Photos by Thierry Depagne and Jaeho Chong
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01-03 Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, 1 ton truck from France (1976 Peugeot 404 Pickup), 56 Bottaris, Bungee Cords, 470 x 170 x 200(h)cm
04-05 Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, Performance Video, Single Channel, 9:17 loop, Silent, HD, Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof
A Needle Woman, The 51st Venice Biennale: Always a Little Further, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
A Needle Woman, The 51st Venice Biennale: Always a Little Further, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Installation at The 51st Venice Biennale: Always a Little Further, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Photo by Giorgio Zucchiatti
A Needle Woman – Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sanaa, Jerusalem, 2005, Performance Video, 6 Channel, 10:40 loop, Silent
Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Installation at Kwanhoon Gallery Group Exhibition
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01 - 04 Deductive Object, 1994, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul and Kimsooja Studio
Trade Routes, The New Museum, New York, USA
Trade Routes, The New Museum, New York, USA
Installation at Trade Routes at The New Museum Group Exhibition
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01 - 03 Deductive Object, 1993, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of The New Museum, New York and Kimsooja Studio
In Their Own Images, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
In Their Own Images, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
Installation at MOMA PS1 Open Studios
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01-07: Deductive Object, 1993, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and Kimsooja Studio
Pine Plains, Triangle Workshop, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
Pine Plains, Triangle Workshop, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
Installation at MoMA PS1 Open Studios
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01 Towards the Flower, 1992, Used Cloth, Thread, Wooden Pole, Used Bedcover, Bottari, 357 x 348 x 355 cm
02 Deductive Object, 1992, Thread on Used Cloth, Top: 216 x 126 x 10cm, Below: 61 x 114 x 29 cm
03 - 04 Deductive Object, 1992, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and Kimsooja Studio