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Born 1956 Chung-Do, South Korea. Known for: Monochromatic, black and white abstract painting.
Lee Bae was born in 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea. In 1979, he founded the Fine Arts Department at the Hongik University Art College in Seoul. Since 1990, he has lived and worked between Paris and... Read full biography
Lee Bae was born in 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea. In 1979, he founded the Fine Arts Department at the Hongik University Art College in Seoul. Since 1990, he has lived and worked between Paris and Seoul. Lee Bae’s monochromatic practice is a formal and immersive quest into the abysses of blackness.... Read full biography
Lee Bae was born in 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea. In 1979, he founded the Fine Arts Department at the Hongik University Art College in Seoul. Since 1990, he has lived and worked between Paris and Seoul. Lee Bae’s monochromatic practice is a formal and immersive quest into the abysses of blackness. Subtly blurring the lines between drawing, painting, sculpture and installation, he has shaped his abstract aesthetics across categories to grant the non-color tangible depth and intensity. Until the... Read full biography
Lee Bae was born in 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea. In 1979, he founded the Fine Arts Department at the Hongik University Art College in Seoul. Since 1990, he has lived and worked between Paris and Seoul. Lee Bae’s monochromatic practice is a formal and immersive quest into the abysses of blackness. Subtly blurring the lines between drawing, painting, sculpture and installation, he has shaped his abstract aesthetics across categories to grant the non-color tangible depth and intensity. Until the mid-2000s, he worked exclusively with raw charcoal to create minimal and refined, mosaic-like assemblages of charred wooden shards or chunks on canvases, as well as larger sculptural arrangements of carbonized trunks. Obtained by burning wood and... Read full biography
Lee Bae was born in 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea. In 1979, he founded the Fine Arts Department at the Hongik University Art College in Seoul. Since 1990, he has lived and worked between Paris and Seoul. Lee Bae’s monochromatic practice is a formal and immersive quest into the abysses of blackness. Subtly blurring the lines between drawing, painting, sculpture and installation, he has shaped his abstract aesthetics across categories to grant the non-color tangible depth and intensity. Until the mid-2000s, he worked exclusively with raw charcoal to create minimal and refined, mosaic-like assemblages of charred wooden shards or chunks on canvases, as well as larger sculptural arrangements of carbonized trunks. Obtained by burning wood and used to revive fire, charcoal offers a powerful metaphor for the cycle of life that has further inspired him to open his exploratio... Read full biography
