
Mire Lee
Horizontal Forms; kayak ribs, 2020-2022 (ongoing)
Concrete
Dimensions:
88 x 21 x 6 inches
223.5 x 53.3 x 15.2 cm
88 x 21 x 6 inches
223.5 x 53.3 x 15.2 cm
Belonging to a series of sculptures created for her first solo exhibition at Tina Kim Gallery, New York, Horizontal Forms: kayak ribs was created by the artist using various objects...
Belonging to a series of sculptures created for her first solo exhibition at Tina Kim Gallery, New York, Horizontal Forms: kayak ribs was created by the artist using various objects to cast sculptures using cement. Trained as sculptor, clay, cement, and slip are the cornerstones of Lee's practice. Combining industrial building materials, Lee forms works that appear visceral, bodily, and sensual. In this series Lee chose day-to-day objects that "carry" in their everyday utility as the works' molds, resulting in works are ambiguous, often seemingly split-open, raw, and bleak. Presented in the context of "Carriers", the works recall Lee's notion of the carrier as an object or a being that carries or transmits another — such as digestive organs, a building, or even a mother.
Exhibitions
Carriers, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, 2022Literature
Mire Lee: Black Sun. New York: New Museum, 2023. Exhibition catalogue. 146-147.뉴스레터 구독
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