"(Un)Bound" Installation view ©Gallery Hyundai
Gallery Hyundai presents “(Un)Bound,” an exhibition of the work of Seung-taek Lee, from May 25 to July 3.
Lee is one of the Korean artists who pioneered the concept of “non-sculpture” in Korean experimental art. The exhibition presents many of the works that feature the artists’ ideas, with a focus on Lee’s “binding” works, which visualize abstract concepts through the twine.
On the first floor, the gallery presents prominent work from series in which Lee used rope—a key material in his binding series—as a way of “visualizing contradiction”: his Paper Print, Tied Porcelain, Tied Canvas, and Rope Painting. The second floor gallery offers a look at the endless variations of Lee’s binding series, which incorporate old books, stones, and ceramics. In a setting designed to resemble an artist’s studio where many artworks have been assembled, viewers can see the fascinating ways in which Lee’s work constantly transforms even as it is connected together by form and context.
