Kimsooja
Subtitle: archive of mind
Contributors: Hou, Hanru, interviewer; Madoff, Steven Henry, writer of added commentary; Kungnip Hyŏndae Misulgwan
Series: MMCA Hyundai Motors Series; MMCA Hyundai Motors Series
Publisher: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Seoul, Korea
Language: eng; kor
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9788963031637
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; Women artists; Women photographers; Installations (Art); Korean Art
Notes: Originally issued in slipcase.

Part of an annual series of monographic exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, this fascinating volume features the multidisciplinary conceptual artist Kimsooja. Her unique oeuvre combines locality and universality in videos, photographs, performances, and site-specific installations. She explores the human condition while addressing cultural and social issues, including migration, refugees, opposing identities, and the environment, investigating these concepts through multiple genres, materials, and methodologies. This catalogue focuses on acts of creation and processes, as the exhibition made active use of viewer participation.

Includes a conversation between Kimsooja and Hou Hanru and essays by Steven Henry Madoff, KimSung Won and Suh Younghee.

Text in English and Korean

Catalogue to accompany an exhibition held at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, July 17th, 2016 to February 5th, 2017.