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"tombstone": "A Rock That Was Taught It Was a Bird, 2010. Kim Beom (Korean, b. 1963). Stone; 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.a. \u00a9 Kim Beom",
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"title": "Kim Beom: Objects Being Taught They Are Nothing But Tools",
"description": "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).",
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"title": "Korean Gallery 236 Rotation",
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"id": 383281,
"title": "Stories from Storage",
"description": "Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).",
"opening_date": "2021-02-06T05:00:00"
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"id": 524190,
"title": "Kim Beom: How to Become a Rock",
"description": "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.",
"opening_date": "2023-07-27T04:00:00"
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"id": 677112,
"title": "Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art",
"description": "Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 21, 2025-May 3, 2026).",
"opening_date": "2025-03-21T04:00:00"
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"description": "Kim Beom. Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea (2010).",
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"did_you_know": "During the various flying lessons included on the video, the teacher facilitated the stone's movement from one tree branch to the next.",
"description": "The man in the video repeats \u201cYou are a bird!\u201d to a rock, while a sculptural assemblage to the left features a rock posed like a bird on a bough. A Rock That Was Taught It Was a Bird is one of Kim Beom\u2019s satirical artworks. It comments on authoritarian regimes\u2014South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s\u2014where education was frequently used as a tool to influence people\u2019s view of the world and themselves.
Kim is a Seoul-based artist whose mixed-media works are internationally well known. His art explores the intersection of various artistic genres and media, including poetry, drawing, video, painting, and installation. In this work, Kim uses a touch of humor to turn unrelated objects into one minimalistic sculpture packed with strong social critiques.",
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1991 - M.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York",
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"updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:09:59.562000"
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