id: 168516
accession number: 2010.263
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.263
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A Rock That Was Taught It Was a Bird, 2010. Kim Beom (Korean, b. 1963). Stone, wood, wooden table, single channel video on 12-inch flat monitor (1 hr, 27 min, 30 sec; edition 1/3); overall: 146.8 x 220.5 x 127.7 cm (57 13/16 x 86 13/16 x 50 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund, 2010.263. © Kim Beom
title: A Rock That Was Taught It Was a Bird
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creation date: 2010
creation date earliest: 2010
creation date latest: 2010
current location: 236 Korean
creditline: Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund
copyright: © Kim Beom
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culture: Korea
technique: Stone, wood, wooden table, single channel video on 12-inch flat monitor (1 hr, 27 min, 30 sec; edition 1/3)
department: Contemporary Art
collection: CONTEMP - Installation Media
type: Mixed Media
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CREATORS
* Kim Beom (Korean, b. 1963) - artist
1986 - Seoul National University
1991 - M.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York
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measurements: Overall: 146.8 x 220.5 x 127.7 cm (57 13/16 x 86 13/16 x 50 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Kim Beom: Objects Being Taught They Are Nothing But Tools
opening date: 2011-04-21T00:00:00
Kim Beom: Objects Being Taught They Are Nothing But Tools. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 14, 2010-March 6, 2011); REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/Cal Arts Theatre), Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (April 21-June 19, 2011).
title: Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
opening date: 2018-01-29T05:00:00
Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 29-July 16, 2018).
title: Stories from Storage
opening date: 2021-02-06T05:00:00
Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
title: Kim Beom: How to Become a Rock
opening date: 2023-07-27T04:00:00
Kim Beom: How to Become a Rock. Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (July 18-November 26, 2023) https://www.leeum.org/exhibition/exhibition01_detail.asp?seq=61.
title: Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art
opening date: 2025-03-21T04:00:00
Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 21, 2025-April 1, 2026).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Kim Beom. Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea (2010).', 'opening_date': '2010-01-01T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Artist's studio, Seoul, South Korea
date: 2010
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2010–
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RELATED WORKS
id: 168781
Study for "A Rock That Was Taught it Was a Bird", 2009. Kim Beom (Korean, b. 1963). Graphite; sheet: 18 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2010.473 © Kim Beom
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CITATIONS
McCormick, Sooa Im. “Playbook for Solitude.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 12.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 12.
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김 범 ; [전시 주최] 리움 미술관 ; 기획: 김 성원, 유 지원 ; [도록 편집] 김 범, 김 성원, 유 지원 ; 글: 권 준모, 김 성원 [and 12 others] ; 사진: 이 의록, 최 요한, 최 승호., 이 의록, 최 요한, 최 승호, 권 준모, 리움, 삼성 미술관, Kim Pŏm ; [chŏnsi chuch’oe] Leeum Misulgwan ; kihoek: Kim Sŏng-won, Yu Chi-wŏn ; [torok p’yŏnjip] Kim Pŏm, Kim Sŏng-won, Yu Chi-wŏn ; kŭl: Kwŏn, Chun-mo, Kim Sŏng-won [and many others] ; sajin: Yi Ŭi-rok, Ch’oi Yo-han, Ch’oi Sŭng-ho, et al. 바위 가 되는 법 = How to Become a Rock. Edited by 김 범, 1963- September 19- artist, editor, 김 성원, 유 지원, Pŏm Kim, Sŏng-won Kim, and Chi-wŏn Yu. [Ch’op’an]. Sŏul T’ŭkpyŏlsi: 리움 미술관, 2025.
page number: Reproduced: p. 391, 545; Mentioned: p. 569, 585
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