JeeYoung Lee South Korean, b. 1983
50 3/8 x 70 1/2 in
Further images
In this artwork also available as a diptych, Korean artist JeeYoung Lee constructs an immersive, hand-crafted environment where vibrant circles are meticulously tinted and glued, without resorting to Photoshop or digital editing. The installation’s obsessive repetition of circular forms references the recurring motif in Lee’s practice—often symbols of disease and invisible trauma, as in her previous work “Anxiety”.
Drawing directly from her lived experience of family hardship and her mother’s illness, Lee transforms personal psychological turmoil into an arresting physical landscape. The abundance of circles enveloping every surface generates a palpable sense of confusion and anxiety, while Lee herself, partially wrapped and nearly subsumed by the environment, visually blurs into the scene.
This work is not simply an act of catharsis; it is a meditation on the interface between emotional distress and healing. Lee’s painstaking manual process becomes integral to the narrative, echoing the relentless cycles of pain and resilience. As both artist and subject, she asks viewers to consider how trauma is not only confronted but woven into the spaces we occupy and construct.
FRANÇAIS
Ce diptyque de JeeYoung Lee immerge le spectateur dans un intérieur saturé de cercles, chacun teinté et collé à la main par l’artiste sans recours au numérique. Le motif du cercle figure de façon récurrente dans son œuvre, souvent associé à la maladie comme dans son autre diptyque intitulé «Anxiété». Inspirée par ses problèmes familiaux et de la maladie de sa mère, Lee transforme la douleur intime en paysage psychologique saisissant.
L'accumulation obsessionnelle de cercles crée un effet de vortex, évoquant la confusion et l'anxiété de l’artiste, tandis que sa propre silhouette, partiellement camouflée dans la pièce, brouille la frontière entre le soi et l’espace. À travers ce geste laborieux, Lee matérialise la vulnérabilité, tout en suggérant que l’acte créatif peut devenir un chemin vers la résilience et la guérison.
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