‘Bottari – Alfa Beach ’ 2001, by Kimsooja
Single channel video, 6:18 looped
Image courtesy the artist and Kudje Gallery
Kimsooja (Korea b.1957) works in video, installation and sculptural and performance practices. Her work is highly meditative, achieved through the mindful repetition of actions, imagery and materials drawn from the everyday. Kimsooja has had major exhibitions at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2009); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2008); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2006); Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Sweden (2006); Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (2005); and other institutions. Kimsooja has participated in international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (2001, 2005, 2007); Yokohama Triennial (2005); and Whitney Biennial (2002)
Kimsooja’s work Bottari – Alfa Beach (2001) will be featured in MAAP’s 2014 international touring exhibition LANDSEASKY.