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June Lee: From the Studio
NEW WORKS 2020 -
June Lee's work focuses on the individual in the contemporary society today.
Working from her home in Seoul, she has agreed to let us dive into her universe,
and discover her latest creations.
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June Lee, Weight of Human, 2020, cotton tread on assembled plastic elements. 61x 62 x 40 cm. © June Lee
"How much does your life weigh? Some may say it's as light as feather, while others may say it's as heavy and big as a whale. The weight which I focus on in this work does not refer to the actual physical weight, but on the weight of life given to an individual. A human being is born with the minimum weight in life, then as they grow, they form many relationships in the society, establish and expand themselves. The life weight of an individual increases as he or she grows into a social being. Through my work, I express the invisible social and psychological weight of life which the individual feels in the society, such as the sense of responsibility, pressure and stress."
June Lee
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June Lee, Weight of Human, 2020, cotton thread on assembled plastic elements, 60 x 40 x 40 cm. © June Lee
"The East Asian idea of “Eop” signifies the individual’s responsibilities of his own actions, and refers to a type of teaching which reflects on his wrongdoings. This idea believes that one is not controlled or dominated by someone else, but must develop him or herself through their own will and efforts. The scale of one’s own “Eop”, or the weight of his own life can increase or decrease."
June Lee
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June Lee explores the neutrality and duality of the individual as a distinct unity and again as a constituent of the collective society. In particular, by shedding light on the social phenomena surrounding the individual in contemporary social space, especially on negative conditions such as bystander effect, mass psychology, scapegoating, and biases. Using the East Asian element of the thread - which represents human life - to form human figure-like works, her art looks at the problems of the modern man from a third-person perspective.
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June Lee, Today as History of Tomorrow, 2020, cotton thread and paint on assembled ceramic fragments, 24 x 22 x 18 cm. © June Lee
"I was on a residency program in a remote rural town in the US, 16 hours away from Korea by plane, where I discovered a miniature pottery shaped like an old Korean artifact of Goryeo celadon. I was both blown away to find this small, palm-sized pottery shaped like a relic of the Goryeo Dynasty in such an unexpected place, as well as curious as to how this piece of pottery could have made its way to such a far distance as a countryside in the United States. Thinking that it’s probably a gift from someone or a souvenir, I also began to wonder if such an idea as an indigenous culture of a country actually exists."
June Lee
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