is set to strengthen its ties with South Korea with its latest cultural project. The Kering-owned brand is to debut the “ Cultural Month” initiative, aimed at paying tribute to the heritage of Korean culture by spotlighting the work of personalities who have elevated local arts to global scale through various mediums. Starting on Oct.
15 in Seoul, the initiative will see the involvement of four world-renowned talents, including conceptual artist Kimsooja, filmmaker Chan Wook Park, contemporary dancer Eun Me Ahn and pianist Seong Jin Cho. The event will celebrate their contributions through photography, videos, exhibitions, special performances and cultural lectures. Kimsooja’s practice transcends boundaries of artistic forms through works of painting, sewing, installation, performance, video, light, sound and architecture.
In the early ‘80s, she adopted sewing and wrapping as modes of painting, recontextualizing women’s domestic labor within contemporary art and placing her work at the intersection of everyday life and art. Through the years her artistic inquiry evolved to explore different issues spanning from sociopolitical to existential borders, from migration and displacement to identity to poverty and religious clashes. Her work has been spotlighted in solo exhibitions in major international museums, as well as in more than 40 biennials — including the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 — and large-scale site-specific projects.
Kimsooja has received accolades in.
