Published on the occasion of the exhibition Lee Bul: Crashing, Hayward Gallery London, May 30-August 19,2018; and Lee Bul: Crash, Gropius Bau, Berlin, September 29, 2018-January 13, 2019. Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171).
Summary:
This mid-career survey of the work of acclaimed South Korean artist Lee Bul explores the artist's extensive investigation into the body and its relationship to architectural space. Over a 30-year career that spans South Korea's transition from military dictatorship to democracy, Lee Bul has explored questions of intimacy, gender, technology and class through a focus on the body. Drawing on science fiction, bioengineering and visionary architecture, as well as Japanese anime and manga, her work includes performance, drawing, painting and large-scale immersive installations.
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