Cyborg W4, 1998
Collection: Artsonje Center, Seoul
Courtesy: Studio Lee Bul
Photo: Yoon Hyung-moon
|
Lee Bul: From Me, Belongs to You Only
JAPAN
TOKYO • Mori Art Museum • Ongoing
|
 |
Since the 1990s, Lee Bul has built an international career as one of the leading contemporary artists from Asia. Her oeuvre is dominated by sculptures that demonstrate a mastery of materials and techniques, including her celebrated Cyborgs and Anagrams series, hybrid machine-and-organic forms referencing critical theory as well as dystopian cinematic worlds; karaoke "pods" that evoke space capsules for eternal sleep; and glittering, spectral gures and cityscapes that seem to be falling into ruin. For over twenty years, it could be said that Lee, whose practice has spanned her home country's transition from military dictatorship to democracy, has been on a quest for an elusive something . the ultimate physical form perhaps, or the ideal society. While showcasing her major works in the four sections "Ephemeral Presence," "Beyond Human," "Utopia and Dreamscape" and "From Me, Belongs to You Only," in the "Studio" section this show presents the drawings and models that also form the font of her ideas. The subtitle From Me, Belongs to You Only is also a message from Lee: her attempt to find the "something" for which she is constantly searching in a personal relationship with each individual viewer.
Born 1964. Currently resides in Seoul. Majored in sculpture at Hongik University. Since the late 1990s, Lee has received critical acclaim around the world and established herself within the post-globalization international art scene as one of Asia's leading artists. Lee has held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (New York, 1997), Le Consortium (Dijon, 2002), The Japan Foundation Forum (Tokyo, 2003), the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris, 2007-08) and others. She has also been included in numerous group exhibitions in North America, Europe, Asia and elsewhere. In 1998, Lee was a finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize and she was also awarded a prize at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999.
Mori Art Museum Website
|
| Contact: |
Mori Art Museum
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (53f),
6-10-1 Roppongi
Minato-ku
Tokyo
Japan
Tel: (81) 3 57 77 86 00
|
|
TRAVEL CALENDAR
