부산대학교 도서관

Korean, 20th – 21st century, female. Active in France. Born 1967, in Seoul. Installation artist, photographer. Koo Jeong-a was born in South Korea but settled in France when she was 23. In 2000 she was a member of the Académie de France in Rome. Koo creates installations that range from a clutter of everyday objects such as boxes or chairs to minimalist architectural structures made of white powder. Whichever vocabulary she chooses she uses it methodically, poetically, displaying a gently compulsive strain. There is nothing aggressive in her work except the smell of naphthalene, which she places to discourage spectators from touching it. She plays with slight sensory disturbances, as in ...