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Lee Bae

"Issu du Feu"

published at 26/06/2018
Issu du feu, installation de Lee Bae pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2016 © Lee Bae

Lee Bae's work combines perception of matter and light, the contrast of black and white and sparks a contemplation on time. His approach makes use of performance, painting and drawing. His work is part of a Korean art movement that is not widely known in France: the “Dansaekhwa”, which advocates a harmonious relationship between us and nature, all the while highlighting the importance of involving the body in creative acts. For more than twenty years, Lee Bae has been juggling with different materials to offer up a unique way of contemplating time and rediscover the internal landscapes of his youth in South Korea.

Charcoal, a prominent feature of his work, reminds him of his homeland. When the foundations of a house in his country are dug out, the first thing you would come across is charcoal. What's more, when a child is born, Koreans acknowledge this by hanging charcoal from rope on the door. Charcoal is also linked to fire, which symbolises energy. For all these reasons, Lee Bae makes charcoal sculptures in which charred branches become mysterious, sensitive elements, all the while bizarrely bringing to mind a migrant's luggage...

All of his pictorial or sculptural work is a digest of energy brimming with spirituality, in which the artist is forever seeking out his roots.

Lee Bae's installation of paintings and sculptures will be set up in the Stables Indoor Ring.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Lee BAE
SOUTH KOREA
 

Lee Bae au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2016 - © Éric Sander

Lee Bae was born in South Korea in 1956. His parents were farmers and very much hoped their son would follow in their footsteps. But Lee Bae never stopped drawing, ever since childhood, and took up calligraphy classes which would have a considerable influence on his artistic approach. He finally convinced his parents in 1975 to enrol him in Seoul Fine Arts School. He attended a few conferences given by Lee Ufan. He has remained faithful to his Korean roots his whole life. In 1990, he arrived in Paris for his first experience of European art. He had long been an admirer of Lee Ufan and met him there. He also showed an interest in Simon Hantai and Pierre Soulages. He became an assistant to Lee Ufan, nowadays considered to be the greatest living Korean artist.

AWARDS

2013
National Association Price of Art Critics, South Korea
 
2009
Artist of the Year, Korean Cultural Center, Paris, France
 
2000
Artist of the Year, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
Complete Biography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014
Fernet Branca Foundation, Saint-Louis, France
Contemporary Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea
RX Gallery, Paris, France
Wooson Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
 
2013
Holly Hunt, New York, USA
 
2012
P&C Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
 
2011
Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Étienne, France
RX Gallery, Paris, France
Nicolas Robinsons Gallery, New York, USA
IBU Gallery, Paris, France
Winter Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
 
2010
Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
604 Gallery, Busan, South Korea
 
2009
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Whitebox Art Center, New York, USA
Seok Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
 
2008
Hakgojae, Seoul, South Korea
RX Gallery, Paris, France
 
2007
Hakgojae, Seoul, South Korea
 
2006
RX Gallery, Paris, France
 
2005
IBU Gallery, Paris, France
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
M Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Kawafune Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
 
2003
Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
 
2000
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Kongkan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
 
1999
Space Galley, Busan, South Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
 
1998
Gana-Beaubourg Gallery, Paris, France
 
1997
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
 
1996
Willy d’Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Seomi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
 
1994
Bellefroid Gallery, Paris, France
 
1993
Espace Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
 
1991
Bateau-Lavoir Gallery, Paris, France
 
1988
Soo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
 
1987
Kyungin Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014
Overcoming the Modern, Dansaekhwa, The Korean Monochrome Movement, Alexander Gray Gallery, New York, USA
Busan Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
 
2013
International Drawing Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
Les Nouvelles folies françaises, Domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
 
2012
Plaisir, RX Gallery, Paris, France
Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon/Seoul, South Korea
Nature in Contemporary Art, Museum of the City of Yang Pyung, South Korea
 
2010
International Architectural Ceramic exhibition, Clayrch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea
 
2009
Vide et plénitude, Espace Commines, Paris, France
 
2008
Paris-Séoul, Seoul Museum (Hangaram), South Korea
International Textile and Art Documenta, Daegu Art Center, South Korea
 
2006
Look on Korean Contemporary Art, Jean Fournier Gallery, Paris, France
Christianity in Contemporary Art, Lumen Gallery, Paris, France
Frontier, Montparnasse Museum, Paris, France
 
1999
Nature in Modern Art, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
Berlin-Seoul, Berlin Municipal Communal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Area of Painting, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
 
1997
Independent, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
 
1996
21st Century’s Prospect, Seoul, South Korea
Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Tokyo National Museum of Modern art, Tokyo; Osaka International Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan
Black and White, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Seven Spaces in One Place, Manufacture des Oeillets, Ivry, France
 
1995
Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Another Dimensions, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
 
1994
Conspirator, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
New and Powerful Art from Artsenal, Art Beam Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
‘94 Daegu Work Shop, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Two-Days, Two-Nights, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Exhibitor for Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
 
1993
Three Korean Artists-Lee Bae, Kwon Soonchul, An Jongdae, Bellefroid Gallery, Paris, France
Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
 
1992
Paris-Over There, Kwok On Museum, Paris, France
 
1991
Europe Factory, Center for Contemporary Art, Pantin, France
Young Artist, Center for Korea Culture, New York, USA
 
1988
Korea Seen Through Contemporary Artists, Albert Chanot Art Center, Paris, France
Origines, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul, South Korea
 
1987
The Korean Young Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
Heterodox, Centre for Korea Culture, New York, USA
Issu du feu, installation de Lee Bae pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2016 © Lee Bae
Issu du feu, installation de Lee Bae pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2016 © Lee Bae
Issu du feu, installation de Lee Bae pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2016 © Éric Sander
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