Keunmin Lee

Introduction

"ALL AROUND US, WARM RED, BROWN AND DARK TAINTED CANVASES CREATE AN OCEAN OF VORACIOUS SENSATIONS THAT INSTINCTIVELY TOUCH SOMETHING DEEPER, BEYOND THE SURFACE NOT ONLY OF THE CANVAS BUT ALSO OF THE BODIES AND REALITY, ALREADY INSIDE THE SUBCONSCIOUS."

- Elisa Carollo, FONDAZIONE IMAGO MUNDI, SEPTEMBER 2022

Keunmin Lee’s (b. 1982 in Yeongju, Korea) work, which comprises painting and drawing, delves into the meanders of the psyche. Drawing from his personal experiences with hallucinations and guided by instinctive gestures, Lee translates hallucinatory visions into visceral compositions characterized by rich red hues and meticulous brushwork. His paintings materialize enduring mental traces, as he engages in a cathartic process that turns the mind inside out. The forms he paints resemble magnified and abstracted fragments of flesh, muscle tissue, and veins, which seem to infuse each canvas with the heat, viscosity and pulsation of vital organs, thus eliciting a synesthetic experience that approaches the sublime.

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