10 -13 October, 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, London
Moonyoung LEE
B.F.A and M.F.A in University of Seoul, Environmental sculpture Department
Solo Exhibitions
1988, Insa Gallery
2004, 2004 KPAM Exhibitions
2006, Koyang Art Fair
2015, Daejon international Art show
2020, sooho Gallery
1995, The 10th Seoul Modern Sculpture Competition-Grand Prize
Aesthetically, "Torso" refers to the crystalline remains of parts of the body naturally removed in the course of historical and physical time. They are originally symbolic sculptures of specially selected figures such as heroes or gods from ancient times.
If you look at the modern meaning of "torso" from a philosophical perspective, everything about human beings is removed except for the "existence” of human body mass. In other words, torso represents the essence of human beings.
My work borrows this symbolic image of "Torso" to express various aspects of human nature by combining the pictorial elements of abstraction with various objects.