Detail: Since debuting in the international art scene in the early 1990s, Korean artist Lee Bul has established herself as one of Asia’s leading artists. In the beginning, Lee worked with integrations of performance and soft sculpture. Later, her works developed into sculptural depictions of "monsters" and "cyborgs." More recently, Lee’s insights into human desire, our connection with the universe and utopian ideals have expanded to take on a kind of architectural scale, culminating in her "Mon Grand Récit" series.
This is the first full-scale survey exhibition of Lee Bul’s practice, covering over 20 years of her career from her early works through to the present. Instead of being chronological, the exhibition will attempt to present the various series, which all developed in parallel, in a way that will make apparent their essential meanings and philosophical connotations as well as their geopolitical and historical contexts. After the exhibition at Mori, it is planned to tour internationally including North America and South Korea.