Lee Bul

Commissioned by Leeum Museum of Art
Produced in collaboration with Acute Art

The artist creates works that reflect her philosophical exploration of 20th century cultural history. Exploring issues ranging from societal gender roles and the perceived failure of progressivist ideals to the relationship between humans and technology. She produces genre-crossing works rooted in critical theory, art history and themes from speculative fiction.

Exhibitions

2023
Dream Machines, DESTE Foundation, Greece (Group exhibition)

2022
Kaleidoscope Eyes, Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul), South Korea (Group exhibition)
Kaleidoscope Eyes, Ho-Am Museum of Art (Yongin), South Korea (Group exhibition)

- Lee Bul
  Willing To Be Vulnerable – Metalized Balloon Ver. AR22
  2022, Augmented Reality
  Commissioned by Leeum Museum
Willing To Be Vulnerable – Metalized Balloon, based on historical contexts, alludes to the notorious Hindenburg airship, which was Germany’s symbol of progress in the early 1930s until it was destroyed in a disastrous accident. Lee delves into the idea of utopian modernism, while illuminating the inescapable darker aspects of an increasingly advanced technological culture.

Among the foremost contemporary Korean artists of her generation, Lee Bul creates works that reflect her philosophical exploration of 20th century cultural history. Exploring issues ranging from societal gender roles and the perceived failure of progressivist ideals to the relationship between humans and technology, she produces genre-crossing works rooted in critical theory, art history and themes from speculative fiction.
Through her mesmerising installations, she investigates how visionary narratives and notions of progress affect the way our world is structured both in the present and the future.

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