Distinct from the finished editions, these unique Polaroids offer an intimate glimpse into JeeYoung Lee’s creative process, with some bearing the artist’s own handwritten annotations. Small in format yet rich in character, these rare photographic treasures are true collector’s gems, capturing a fleeting moment in the journey from initial image to finished artwork.
"This piece was inspired by da Vinci's the Last Supper. A plague of rats move toward the dinner table. Nothing is left on the table but a piece of cheese that a woman is holding up, at which rats are sneaking. Using the image of rats and their stereotypical favorite food, cheese, this work is to depict the world where we have to compete for limited resources to survive. In another context, cheese implies the positive whilst rats stand for the negative."
_LEE JeeYoung
"Cette oeuvre est inspiré du dernier souper de Leonard De Vinci. Une horde de rats se dirige vers la table, sur laquelle il ne reste rien hormis un morceau de fromage tenu par une femme, vers laquelle les rats se pressent. Utiliser l'image du rat et de sa nourriture préférée, le fromage, me permet de représenter le monde dans lequel on doit se battre pour des ressources limitées. Dans un autre contexte, le fromage évoque l'aspect positif tandis que les rats représentent l'aspect négatif."
_JeeYoung LEE