"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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Connected skin, 2024Painting - Oil on canvas117 x 91 cm (46 x 36 in)
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Connected Skin, 2023Painting - Oil and plastic wrap on canvas130 x 162 cm (51 x 64 in)
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Deposition of Unreality upon Real, the Boundary, 2023Painting - Oil on canvas218 x 291 cm (86 x 115 in)
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Encounter in the Mountains, 2023Painting - Oil on canvas194 x 259 cm (76 x 102 in)
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Encounter in the Mountains, 2023Painting - Oil on canvas194 x 259 cm (76 x 102 in)
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Against Insomnia, 2023Painting - Oil on canvas194 x 259 cm (76 x 102 in)
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Encounter in the Basement, 2023Painting - Oil on canvas73 x 117 cm (29 x 46 in)
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Blood Circulation, 2022-2023Painting - Oil on canvas182 x 227 cm (72 x 89 in)
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Keunmin Lee “Realizing Boundaries” at Peres Projects, Berlin
Mousse Magazine, February 15, 2024 -
Peres Projects presents Keunmin Lee’s ‘Realizing Boundaries’
KALTBULT, January 30, 2024 -
Berlin: Realizing Boundaries
Andreas, superfuture, January 20, 2024 -
Painting as a phenomenological in between: Mandy El-Sayegh and Keunmin Lee
Valentina Buzzi, Eazel Magazine, December 2, 2022 -
Seoul galleries bring together various works by artists from the world
Park Yuna, The Korea Herald, November 8, 2022 -
Keunmin Lee
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"And then none were sick.”
Valentina Buzzi, Platform Magazine, May 5, 2022
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KIAF Seoul
4 - 8 Sep 2024Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation at KIAF Seoul from September 4–8, 2024. VIP Preview: September 4, 2024. The gallery will present works...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
28 - 30 Mar 2024Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong from March 28 – 30, 2024. We will present new...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
6 - 10 Dec 2023Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Miami from December 6 – 10, 2023.Read more