Exhibitions, United States, Chicago, 01 March 2012
Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery is pleased to present Retrospective, a solo exhibition of new paintings and photographs by Rim
Lee. Rim Lee’s work finds primary source material within the realms of performance and photography while her oeuvre focuses on the intensity of human emotions. The
exhibition presents Lee’s self-portraits - large oils on canvas and photographs, in which she references certain works of Max Ernst. Lee’s works emphasize visualization of the conceptual values of inherent human emotions, as a result of which, the artist provides a portrayal of human sentiment within the context of art discourse.
Lee’s self-portraits on canvas begin as performances. The process starts by applying black and white paint onto her nude figure and then photographing herself. Both
media serve as a vehicle to transform a stylistic female form onto canvas in
order to convey her personal message - feelings of intimacy, isolation and
suffering. By incorporating the theme of invisibility into her work, Lee stimulates the viewer’s curiosity about unknown. She captures the movement of the black and white paint on her own body, whereby the flow of paint can act as the domain of
comprehensive feelings that cannot be seen.
Although the “Beyond Max Ernst (penis envy)” photo series are Lee’s tribute to
the work of the surrealist artist, she also internalizes this work. An interest in
spiritual aspects of life direct her to search for the innateness of
human emotions, a universal truth, one that not only addresses a question of
identity, but also: “what is the universal and primitive of the human
being?” To Lee, it’s going back to basics.
Although Lee’s work derives from her interest in Max Ernst’s work, the
borrowed elements are only a vehicle to help define her own story.
Following into Ernst’s footsteps, Rim Lee experiments with different
techniques, complicated production and development processes of making her
work. It involves photographic reproduction and color reduction, collage and
duplication, painting in a realistic way, and again a photo-work.
Thanks to these tactical steps, Lee arrives at the work where the origin of
the separate elements is submerged in the complete enigmatic image. The
links of various sources of materials remain invisible.
Rim Lee is becoming an important upcoming internationally Korean artist having recently participated in Korean Eye at MAD, NYC, as well as in Korean Eye-Fantastic Ordinary (2010) and Korean Eye-Moon Generation (2009), both at Saatchi Gallery in London. She has also been nominated in 2010 for the Perrier Jouet Award.
For more information please contact Kasia Kay at info@kasiakaygallery.com or call 312-944-0408.
Lee. Rim Lee’s work finds primary source material within the realms of performance and photography while her oeuvre focuses on the intensity of human emotions. The
exhibition presents Lee’s self-portraits - large oils on canvas and photographs, in which she references certain works of Max Ernst. Lee’s works emphasize visualization of the conceptual values of inherent human emotions, as a result of which, the artist provides a portrayal of human sentiment within the context of art discourse.
Lee’s self-portraits on canvas begin as performances. The process starts by applying black and white paint onto her nude figure and then photographing herself. Both
media serve as a vehicle to transform a stylistic female form onto canvas in
order to convey her personal message - feelings of intimacy, isolation and
suffering. By incorporating the theme of invisibility into her work, Lee stimulates the viewer’s curiosity about unknown. She captures the movement of the black and white paint on her own body, whereby the flow of paint can act as the domain of
comprehensive feelings that cannot be seen.
Although the “Beyond Max Ernst (penis envy)” photo series are Lee’s tribute to
the work of the surrealist artist, she also internalizes this work. An interest in
spiritual aspects of life direct her to search for the innateness of
human emotions, a universal truth, one that not only addresses a question of
identity, but also: “what is the universal and primitive of the human
being?” To Lee, it’s going back to basics.
Although Lee’s work derives from her interest in Max Ernst’s work, the
borrowed elements are only a vehicle to help define her own story.
Following into Ernst’s footsteps, Rim Lee experiments with different
techniques, complicated production and development processes of making her
work. It involves photographic reproduction and color reduction, collage and
duplication, painting in a realistic way, and again a photo-work.
Thanks to these tactical steps, Lee arrives at the work where the origin of
the separate elements is submerged in the complete enigmatic image. The
links of various sources of materials remain invisible.
Rim Lee is becoming an important upcoming internationally Korean artist having recently participated in Korean Eye at MAD, NYC, as well as in Korean Eye-Fantastic Ordinary (2010) and Korean Eye-Moon Generation (2009), both at Saatchi Gallery in London. She has also been nominated in 2010 for the Perrier Jouet Award.
For more information please contact Kasia Kay at info@kasiakaygallery.com or call 312-944-0408.
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