Dense and full traces meet at mountainous intersections in Lee Hyun Joung's work – Colossal



The artwork

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“Contemplation” (2024), 195 x 130 x three.5 centimeters. All images by Nick Verhaeghe, courtesy of Sept Gallery, shared with permission

Within the Ridge Traces, Lee Hyun Joung navigates alongside the itinerant assembly level of two adjoining our bodies. The artist combines the inventive and aesthetic traditions of her native Korea with these of her adopted residence in Paris, rendering intricate landscapes in two areas the place the 2 converge.

Opening subsequent month at Galerie Sept in Brussels, Lee's solo exhibition options a number of new work made with handmade Hanji paper and ink from Korean pigments and fish glue. The artist typically works on the ground, drawing every skinny, sweeping line in a form of meditative trance. “As an alternative of flattening the paper, I let the random embossed sample present via. I exploit the comb to create line patterns that emphasize or hinder the pure reduction of the paper. By means of the actions of my physique, I create a rhythm for myself, with no structured plan,” she advised critic Isabelle de Maison Rouge earlier than the present.

Lee's work captures this repetitive motion because it rises in the direction of the central ridge. Her work have grown in complexity in recent times, increasing on mountain-like landscapes to pierce terrains with deep, hidden valleys. The vertical works “Chemins de Vie”, for instance, comply with a winding path that twists and activates itself to create pockets alongside the ridge. Likening every verse to “a day within the lifetime of a person,” the artist understands the connection between time and area, the place seemingly disparate experiences come collectively.

Ridge Traces takes place between April four and Might 19. Discover extra from Lee at Galerie Sept.

“Collision” (2024), 100 x 130 x three.5 centimeters

“Contemplation Vert” (2024), 147 x 80 x three.5 centimeters

“Blue Path” (2024), 130 x 100 x three.5 centimeters

Left: “Paths of Life 2” (2024), 150 x 50 x three.5 centimeters. Proper: “Paths of Life 1” (2024), 150 x 50 x three.5 centimeters

The artist's studio

“Bojagi Wind Reminiscence” (2024), 195 x 130 x three.5 centimeters

The artist works in her studio

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