Monday November 1, 2010 Artist Post # 8

Monday November 1, 2010 Artist Post # 8
Artist: Kimsooja
-  why 
Kimsooja did a video series titled A Needle Woman in 2005. Paul suggested looking deeper into this work. kimsooja incorporates herself as a medium of interaction with the public. 
- Artist Biography 
"Kimsooja (born 1957) is an American artist of Korean origin.  Her work encompasses installation pieces, multi-media and theatre; and in these events, or objects, she engages the public in a dialogue that includes ideas about identity, globalization, absence and presence, individuality and the universal, yin and yang. " - art and culture




- 2 Quotes - provide quotes with MLA citations commenting on ideas you are interested in the artist you are highlighting


"The contrast between fixity and motion, particularly in relation to the human body, is one of the constants of her work. In the performance A Needle Woman, she dresses in a stern, dark suit, erect and motionless in the middle of the street, offering resistance to the surging energy of a crowd of passers-by. In A Homeless Woman, she lies stretched out along the ground. In A Beggar Woman she sits with crossed legs in the midst of urban traffic. In all of these positions and situations she confronts us with the metaphor of a life that withdraws from the hubbub around it."



"Kimsooja.com | Museion - The Perception of the Horizontal." Kimsooja.com | Kimsooja's Official Website | 김수자의 공식웹사이트. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. <http://www.kimsooja.com/texts/regaglia.html>.
" My work combines performance, video and installation addressing issues of the displaced self and others. I've been trying to bring together a conceptual, logical and structural investigation of performance through immobility that inverts the notion of the artist as the predominant actor. "


"Kimsooja :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts." Foundation for Contemporary Arts Home :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. <http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_recipients/kimsooja.html>.
- images and / or video/sound clips of artwork

- a link to an interview with the artist or a review



- link to gallery representing artist
http://www.kimsooja.com/texts/wei.html
- link to artist website
http://www.kimsooja.com/menu.html