Installation view of 《Housework》 ©Gallery SPGallery
SP presents a solo exhibition 《Housework》 by artist Eunu Lee, on view through December 6.
Lee
develops sculptures, reliefs, and drawings based on objects and materials found
in everyday life. In this exhibition, the artist explores the sculptural
gestures that move back and forth between daily living and artistic creation.
Installation view of 《Housework》 ©Gallery SPAs the
exhibition title suggests, Lee derives forms of rhythm and chance from her
daily routines—walking, eating, drawing, exercising, and doing housework.
By
adjusting the junctions and balances among objects gathered within the sphere
of her life, she constructs forms that both inherit and deviate from the
structural order of everyday existence. In doing so, her works evoke “the act
of living” that once served as the foundation for aesthetic autonomy.
Installation view of 《Housework》 ©Gallery SP
At the
same time, Lee’s sculptures, which take the form and structure of household
objects and spaces, recall the enduring practice of a sculptor grappling with
the tension between life and ideal. Growing organically against gravity, her
works stretch toward the periphery of the world, yet their foundation remains
here—within the very space we inhabit.
Art
critic So-yeon Ahn, who describes Lee’s latest works as “sculptures of
hospitality,” explains that the artist’s practice revives the ancient nature of
sculpture—once both architectural ornament and bodily extension—through a
contemporary language.
