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Details of object number: RP44
Title:Bottari
Number of parts:4
Collection:Enea Righi Collection
Created by:Kimsooja (artist) (1957)
Production date:2004
Description:Four “bottari” (“bundles”) made of different damask fabrics. They contain clothing, men’s, women’s and children’s underwear, and household linen.
Hist. crit. notes:Kimsooja is a Korean artist who works with various media such as video, photography and installations. Her works mainly refer to the cultural background of her Korean homeland and are both poetic and contemplative. Many of her works take as their central theme the role of humans in the globalised world and the many facets of multiculturalism.
The artist has exhibited at numerous major institutions and museums: the Collection Lambert in Avignon, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art in Russia (2012), the Miami Art Museum, the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea for the Yong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant, the Baltic Centre in Gateshead (UK), the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa & Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Crystal Palace of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the PAC in Milan (2004), the Kunsthalle Wien, the Kunsthalle Bern and MoMA PS1.
She has also participated in important and prestigious biennials: Venice (1999, 2005, 2013), São Paulo (1997), Whitney Biennial (2002), Istanbul (1997), Lyon (2000), Gwangju (1995, 2012), Thessaloniki (2010) and Moscow (2009).
The outer layer of the bottari is always a colourful and richly embroidered Korean bedspread as a sign of hope for the young couple. Inside, protected and hidden, can be found rolled-up, used clothing. These items are the most effective representation of sewing, femininity and maternal memory: no accessories are permitted, only fabric, inside and out, as container and contents. Such materials play a very important role in Korean culture: they are used to wrap newborns, celebrate weddings and shroud the dead. These works also evoke travel and global migration: they are existential objects that reflect the daily lives of women and the longing for exile.
The artist has exhibited at numerous major institutions and museums: the Collection Lambert in Avignon, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art in Russia (2012), the Miami Art Museum, the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea for the Yong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant, the Baltic Centre in Gateshead (UK), the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa & Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Crystal Palace of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the PAC in Milan (2004), the Kunsthalle Wien, the Kunsthalle Bern and MoMA PS1.
She has also participated in important and prestigious biennials: Venice (1999, 2005, 2013), São Paulo (1997), Whitney Biennial (2002), Istanbul (1997), Lyon (2000), Gwangju (1995, 2012), Thessaloniki (2010) and Moscow (2009).
The outer layer of the bottari is always a colourful and richly embroidered Korean bedspread as a sign of hope for the young couple. Inside, protected and hidden, can be found rolled-up, used clothing. These items are the most effective representation of sewing, femininity and maternal memory: no accessories are permitted, only fabric, inside and out, as container and contents. Such materials play a very important role in Korean culture: they are used to wrap newborns, celebrate weddings and shroud the dead. These works also evoke travel and global migration: they are existential objects that reflect the daily lives of women and the longing for exile.
Material:fabric
Technique:verknotet
Dimensions:
- Werk (je) diameter: circa 60 cm
Physical description:Bündel aus benutzten Stoffen, Kleidungsstücken und Decken (4teilig)