Korean Sculptor and Installation Artist
Born: 1964, Yeongju-si, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
“The Many Lives of Lee Bul” by Jaeseok Kim
“The Korean Artist Using Manga and Rotting Fish as Social Commentary” by Bea Windsor
“The Korean Artist Using Manga and Rotting Fish as Social Commentary” by Bea Windsor
Partial Installation view of Civitas Solis II, September 30, 2014 – March 1, 2015 Commissioned by National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Photographed by Jeon Byung-cheol
Installation view of
Mon grand récit: Weep into stones..., 2005
Photographed by Linda Nylind
Installation view of Aubade III, 2014National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Photographed by Jeon Byung-cheol
Installation view of Scale of Tongue
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK
June 1, 2018 – August 19, 2018
Untitled (Cravings White), 1988 reconstructed 2011 Fabric, acrylic paint, wood, stainless steel carabiner and stainless steel chain
2440 × 1550 × 950 mm, 22 kg
“My interests are very strongly related to my childhood, the 1960s and 1970s, the rapid modernisation of Korea” – Lee Bul
Installation view of After Bruno Taut (Beware the Sweetness of Things), 2007
Crystal, glass and acrylic beads, mirrors, stainless-steel, aluminum and black nickel rods, steel and bronze chains, stainless-steel and aluminum armature
258 x 200 x 250 cm
Bunker (M. Bakhtin), 2007/2012
Cast fiberglass on stainless steel frame, plywood, fabric-covered foam urethane, acrylic mirror, electronics, interactive sound work
300 x 400 x 280 cm
Untitled ("Infinity" wall), circa 2008
Cast polyurethane, acrylic paint, two-way glass mirror, glass mirror, aluminum, LED light, SMPS, wood frame
120 x 240 x 13 cm
Cast polyurethane, acrylic paint, two-way glass mirror, glass mirror, aluminum, LED light, SMPS, wood frame
120 x 240 x 13 cm