Maelee Lee “The Next Step”

Elga Wimmer PCC

[Image: Maelee Lee “Genesis" (2016) gold powder, acrylic on canvas]

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Elga Wimmer PCC in collaboration with curcioprojects present Maelee Lee’s The Next Step, a minimalistic architectural installation of high heel pumps made from white recycled paper. The high heel is at the fundamental core of Lee’s work representing it far more than a simple female icon. Through Lee’s use of photography and video, the image presents the existence of a human being.

In addition to the installation, Lee will exhibit her recent paintings in gold powder on canvas of manuscript passages from the Bible’s Genesis in Latin. This work contains her performances as a meditative attitude for seeking the genuineness of art.

This exhibit unfolds Lee’s everlasting affections for her work throughout visual diversity, but it addresses the relationship between the physical and spiritual balance, they are harmoniously juxtaposed; each quality implicates the other like the constant negotiation of void and fullness in traditional Asian philosophy.

Maelee Lee is a global artist, specializing in installation art and painting, having exhibited in Bulgaria, China, Greece, Italy, and USA, and in the 56th Venice Biennale. She was also featured twice at the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.