Kimsooja at MOCA
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Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to announce Dimensions of a Needle, an exhibition by leading conceptual artist Kimsooja at MOCA, Toronto. From May 15 until August 16, 2026.
Leading conceptual artist Kimsooja (b. 1957, Daegu, South Korea) presents site-specific installations across Floors 1 and 3 that illuminate the philosophical and material foundations of her practice. Working across diverse mediums, the exhibition unfolds through the metaphor of the needle—an axis, threshold, and point of encounter—through which Kimsooja has long explored handcraft traditions, female labour, nomadism, co-existence, memory, and transformation. Rooted in a philosophy of “non-doing” and “non-making,” her work uncovers rather than imposes. The needle becomes a model of consciousness—piercing yet binding, dividing yet connecting—while stillness emerges as a resistance to the acceleration of contemporary life.
For more information, please visit https://moca.ca/exhibitions/ki...
