Tuesday 3 March 2020
4:00pm – 4:45pm

Guided Exhibition Tour with the Artist: Hochoul Lee’s Fragments of Information

13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle (entrance facing Regent's Park), London NW1 4QP

Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

The artist Hochoul Lee led a guided tour of his exhibition, Fragments of Information. This was an excellent chance to view the exhibition with the artist himself providing an explanation and commentary on the works on show, and to get an insight into the contemporary Japanese art world and creative process through Lee’s own experiences.

About the contributors

Hochoul Lee

Hochoul Lee (b. 1984) was awarded an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 2019 after several years working as an artist with local art projects in Hiroshima. He also received an MA in Metal Casting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011. His solo exhibitions include Condensation Of Perception, Chisaikaisya, 2015; We Could Be Turned Inside Out In The Jell, Komyoji-Kaikan, 2015. His work has also been displayed in group exhibitions, including My Friends Are Geniuses II – Recent Graduate Exhibition, White Conduit Projects, 2019; Only Connect Osaka, CCO Creative Centre Osaka, 2019; Artist Social Reproduction, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, 2018. Some of his works are owned by private collections.

Lee is trying to revive people’s sensibility whilst stimulating human perceptions and recognition. Philosophy and modern thought are what give him inspiration, and he uses naive methods and simple materials to materialise and visualize his works. He aims to maximize the conceptual meaning behind the works and the physical impression of the materials.

This event is part of:

3 March 2020

Exhibition

Fragments of Information by Hochoul Lee

In this exhibition, Lee will display new pieces from the series “A Second in Thousands”. Lee’s recent works have focussed on the meaning of human cognitive functions, and his works are greatly influenced by philosophy. Lee’s inspiration for this series of works comes from the worrying problems related to political issues, the spread of racism and the growth of nationalism, and he believes that the collapse of traditional ethics is related to a lack of imagination and acceptance towards individuality. Lee is reminding himself of the importance of imagining individuality through repetitive physical activities in his works.

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