Margaret Lee “It’s not that I’m not taking (this) seriously”

Jack Hanley

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“It’s not that I’m not taking (this) seriously but I am most definitely looking for other options or should I say maybe an out. Who knew cracking the nut would be so hard when for so long I thought the pressure valve was there just for show. A viable option for some but I’ve been trained not to touch. Let’s see what happens with the release. Would you want that in your house?”

Margaret Lee has organized and exhibited work at numerous venues domestically and internationally including, The Windows, Barneys, NY; Concentrations HK: Margaret Lee, curated by Gabriel Ritter, Duddell’s x DMA, Hong Kong; Made in L.A, 2014 Hammer Museum Biennial, Los Angeles; 2013 Biennale de Lyon; de, da do…da, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Caza, curated by Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Bronx Museum, New York; NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami; New Pictures of Common Objects, curated by Christopher Lew, MoMA PS1, New York, and Looking Back, White Columns, New York, amongst others.

In 2009, Lee founded the artist-run space 179 Canal and is currently a partner in the gallery 47 Canal. Public collections with works by the artist include: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Dikeou Collection, Denver and the Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo.