Selected Texts
Critique
우정과 진실: 돌봄의 공동체를 만드는 수행적 퍼포먼스
Friendship and Truth: Creating a Community of Care through Performative Practice
Text by Kim Junghyun
(Art Critic )
2025
This text was written as part of the 19th Critical Writing Workshop at Nanji Residency, Seoul Museum of Art, in 2025.
Korean (Original), English, Japanese
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Nanji Residency Workshop Anthology 2025/19 SeMA
P31-36
Critique
金仁淑のやわらかな意志のスタイル
Text by OKI Keisuke
(Artist / Writer / Critic)
2024
美術批評+(Art Critique Plus)
*An in-depth critique of KIM Insook’s recent practice, exploring genre transgression, cultural perspectives, and thematic depth.
Japanese (Original)
[Link]
Critique
金仁淑《Eye to Eye》に添えて
Text by YAMADA So
(Curator, Shiga Museum of Art )
2023
*A critical essay grounded in Eye to Eye, Yebizo Ver. (2022), the point of departure for the Eye to Eye series, reflecting on how mutual looking gives rise to relationships and shapes the experience of viewing.
Japanese (Original), English, Korean
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Exhibition Essay
金仁淑《The Real Wedding Ceremony》を迎えるにあたって
Text by YAMADA So
(Curator, Borderless Art Museum NO-MA )
2021
*An exhibition essay on The Real Wedding Ceremony, an installation within Heesa, examining how shared rituals reconfigure forms of community and relationships, currently on view at the Yokohama Museum of Art.
Originally written for the exhibition
79 Billion Others — To Every “I” Living on This Planet
Borderless Art Museum NO-MA, 2021
Exhibition Catalogue, pp.34–35
Japanese (Original), English, Korean
[Link]
Exhibition Essay
삶으로의 초대: 미지의 것이 함께 오는 것
Text by IM Kyungmin
(Curator)
2021
First published in the artist book (Japanese / English)
First published online on Neolook.com
*An exhibition essay reflecting on Kim Insook’s practice through the lens of encounter, shared time, and the emergence of relationships.
Korean (original)
[Link]