EXHIBITION

Lee Kit: Not untitled

Tokyo, Tokyo, 04/15/2017 - 05/20/2017

Complex665 2F, 6-5-24 Roppongi

ABOUT

Deftly incorporating paintings, drawings, projections, videos, furniture, household utensils, and other everyday items, Lee’s installations demonstrate the artist’s intention to radically expand the framework of painting. For example, one of Lee’s early series, called Hand Painted, was realized when the paintings, executed on pieces of fabric, were introduced into daily life. Used as everyday items such as curtains, tablecloths, and pillowcases, the works exude a that deviates from the standard Western context. Moreover, they are inseparably linked to Lee’s way of life, including his sympathy for the civil rights movement in his homeland of Hong Kong, and his constant efforts to confront various social and political problems that are occurring in the world today.

 In this exhibition, Not untitled (one of Lee’s best titles, filled with ironic logic), the artist uses several walls to partition the gallery and create a maze. He uses his projector paintings to cast a net over the fragmented space, stitches everything together, and even includes the viewer’s shadow in the mix. The gallery is transformed into Lee’s canvas, a space that induces dizziness.


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Kit LEE

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