Lee Seung-taek

Wind-Folk Amusement, 1971, wind, cloth, performance
Lee Seung-taek
Hangul
이승택
Revised RomanizationI Seungtaek
McCune–ReischauerRi Sŭngt'aek
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Seung-taek (born 12 May 1932) is a Korean interdisciplinary artist. He is a sculptor, an installation artist, and a performance artist—conceptualizing in the notion of "anti-concept" or "anti-art" in the Korean art scene.[1][2]

As one of the first generation pioneers of experimental art[3] in Korea, Lee is known for his "non-sculptural" artworks[4] that include "display of pieces in stone, rope and newsprint."[5] Lee mainly worked independently and created works that deviated from the dominant artistic concepts in Korea.[6] "Unfettered by the demands of crude nationalism or from chasing the so-called international art world," Lee's work came to be seen as "starting point for a different kind of avant-garde lineage."[7] He has strived to investigate new ways of creating art by experimenting with non-material objects.[8]

In 2009, Lee was the first recipient to be awarded Nam June Paik Art Center Prize.[9]

  1. ^ Lee, Sook-Kyung (2014). "Seung-Taek Lee's Godret Stone, 1958". Tate. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ Oh, Sanggil; Kim, Chandong; Kim, Yunghee; Yang, Gunyrol; Sa, Haejeong; Lee, Hui; Kim, Wonbang (2004). Lee Seung-taek: Non-Material Works (1 ed.). Seoul, South Korea: ICAS Publishing. ISBN 8995267453. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. ^ ArtAsiaPacific, ArtAsiaPacific. "Issue 69". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ Gallery Hyundai, Gallery Hyundai. "Seung-taek Lee". galleryhyundai.com/. Gallery Hyundai. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ Smith, Roberta (2013). "40 Nations, 1,000 Artists and One Island Frieze New York at Randalls Island". No. Art and Design / Art Review. The New York Times.
  6. ^ Seung-taek Lee – Think Reform. Seoul. Korea: Gallery Hyundai. 2014. p. 92. ISBN 978-89-6736-049-8.
  7. ^ "Lee Seung-taek's Non-Sculptures". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  8. ^ Seung-taek Lee – Think Reform. Seoul, Korea: Gallery Hyundai. 2014. p. 86. ISBN 978-89-6736-049-8.
  9. ^ e-flux, e-flux. "2014 Nam June Paik Art Center Prize: Haroon Mirza". e-flux.com/. e-flux. Retrieved 18 March 2015.