Kimsooja

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Gallery Reboot: Collection Galleries Closed December 17–28

Posted: December 16, 2018
Category: Kimsooja
From Monday, December 17, through Friday, December 28, NMWA’s third-floor galleries will be closed to the public for a major reinstallation of art from the collection.
Large vertical painting in minimalist style features thinned pigments poured in translucent layers onto the unsized canvas. The abstract composition is dominated by a central ambiguous form in vibrant yellow-orange and peach, flanked by amorphous swaths of pale pink and a dark gray.

Artist Spotlight: Kimsooja’s Threads of Culture

Posted: September 9, 2014
Category: Kimsooja
Learn more about artist Kimsooja, whose work is featured in the NMWA exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Video.
Textile collage of cloth folded and stitched together in loose geometric formations with visible seams making linear patterns. Deep blues on the left and warm colors on the right frame blocks of silver, yellow and grey in the center, which extends into a slightly longer base.