Yunsung Lee “Nu”
Doosan Gallery
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DOOSAN Gallery New York presents the solo exhibition of Yunsung Lee, a recipient of the 5th annual DOOSAN Artist Award.
This exhibition comprises of
Yunsung Lee has been using the subculture within Korean culture that was brought in from Japan as the material for his work, reconstituting the subject into fine art.
His early series
In his later series
For instance, in Danae (2015), the canvas is divided into three segments, then Danae’s two opposing facial expressions are juxtaposed within two canvases. Then, homogenous colors are layered onto the surface, removing a sense of traditional perspective, creating a very flat image.
Recently, as the subculture of Japanese comics and online games become more mainstream, there has been an emergence within Korean contemporary art to use these as the context and subject matter of their work. This exhibition will provide a unique opportunity to observe this current situation and its future direction.
Yunsung Lee (b. 1985) received his B.F.A in Painting from Chungang University. He has held solo exhibitions at DOOSAN Gallery Seoul (2015, Seoul, Korea) and Makeshop Art Space (2014, Paju, Korea). His works have also included in group exhibitions at COMMON CENTER (2014, Seoul, Korea), GalleryJinsun (2014, Seoul, Korea), Makeshop Art Space (2013, Paju, Korea), LEE EUGEAN GALLERY (2012, Seoul, Korea), Alternative space TEAM PREVIEW (2011, Seoul, Korea), Gallery THROUGH (2011, Seoul, Korea), and GONGPYEONG ARTCENTER GONGPYEONG GALLERY (2010, Seoul, Korea).
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Schedule
from May 19, 2016 to June 23, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-05-19 from 18:00 to 20:00