
Untitled #5 (framed flat skin pieces from Open Wound)
2025
This framed work presents a dark, heavily textured surface in deep browns and blacks, with irregular white apertures cut or worn through the composition. Pigmented methyl cellulose applied to construction mesh creates a tactile, deteriorated appearance suggestive of organic decay or exposed layers. The work operates at the intersection of abstraction and bodily reference, engaging with material fragility and absence as formal concerns. Lee's practice interrogates the boundary between surface and void, treating the frame not as a protective boundary but as a container for material rupture and revelation.
- Medium
- Pigmented methyl cellulose on construction mesh, steel
- Overall
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Tina Kim Gallery
Notes
Tina Kim Gallery, Frieze New York 2026, Booth A9, The Shed, May 13–17, 2026. Inquiries: info@tinakimgallery.com.
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