Nature's Readymades presents an extraordinary selection of Gongshi (scholars’ rocks or viewing stones) drawn from the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C. Carved by nature and relished by Chinese literati as early as the Tang dynasty (7th c.), these paradoxical objects are worlds in miniature, presenting the vital energy of the universe in a […]

Born in Taegu, Korea, Kimsooja works nomadically but maintains studios in New York, Paris, and Seoul. Her art frequently focuses on migration, displacement, and belonging. This video, made in 2001, documents Kimsooja performing in her personae the Homeless Woman. It is one of many artworks in which she lies, sits, or stands motionless in a […]