Lee ShinJa's Spiritual Windows
A regular at Art Basel and Art Basel Hong Kong, Tina Kim ventures into Paris this year, with a solo show dedicated to the vaporous textile installations of 95-year-old South Korean artist Lee ShinJa, doyenne of the Premise section. Conceived as a mini- retrospective (with prices ranging from $40,000 to $200,000), the booth features works from 1959 to 2008, in various formats, sometimes interweaving textiles. In these abstract works of wool, mountain ridges and indigo waves merge beneath dancing dawns. “Lee ShinJa has gained well-deserved recognition in her home country over the past few years—she’s now regarded as the founder of South Korean Fiber Art—but she remains little known in Europe. It was important for us to feature her in our first Paris solo show,” explains Kathryn Miyawaki, sales associate at the gallery.
—Jade Pillaudin
