Representative work by Lee Bul
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Artist

Lee Bul

b. 1964, Yeongju, South Korea · South Korean · Based in Seoul, South Korea

  • BFA in Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul (1987)
  • Cyborg Sculptures
  • Mirrored Architectural Labyrinths
  • DMZ Barbed Wire Assemblage

Lee Bul emerged in the late 1980s with provocative performance and wearable sculptures before developing large installations around cyborgs, utopian architecture and failed modernist dreams. Mirrored surfaces, suspended forms and ruined structures recur throughout her work.

Sculpture; installation; performance

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1998Cyborg W1
  • 1997Majestic Splendor
  • 2005 onwardMon grand récit
  • 2014Via Negativa II
  • 2015–16Willing To Be Vulnerable
  • 2001Live Forever
  • 2008After Bruno Taut
  • 2019Aubade V
  • 2016State of Reflection
  • 2018Crashing

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