LEE BUL: NEW & SELECTED WORKS

The solo exhibition of Lee Bul at BB&M marks the long-awaited Korean gallery presentation of the artist, her first since 2015. In the interim six years, Lee Bul has been the subject of solo shows at major international institutions, including Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015); Hayward Gallery, London (2018); Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2018); and Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia (2020); she also contributed large-scale projects to the 20th Sydney Biennale (2016) and the 58th Venice Biennale (2019).

For the first time in Korea, the exhibition at BB&M features a selection of works from the artist’s sought-after Perdu series, created with mother-of-pearl inlaid amid layers of acrylic paint repeatedly applied and sanded down to varying depths to bring forth sensuous, vibrant forms. At once painterly and dimensional, these wall works echo and elaborate on visual motifs seen in Lee’s early biomorphic sculptures.