Jung Lee »
Paris Photo 2023
Booth C07
Fair Presentation: 9 Nov – 12 Nov 2023
Wed 8 Nov
Grand Palais Ephémère
Champ-de-Mars, Place Joffre
75007 Paris
Christophe Guye Galerie
Dufourstrasse 97
8008 Zürich
+41 (0)44-2520111
contact@christopheguye.com
www.christopheguye.com
Mon-Fri 10-18, Sat 11-16
Christophe Guye Galerie is pleased to present a solo exhibition by the Korean artist Jung Lee (*1972, Seoul). On view are works from the series 'Aporia' and 'LOVE' – some of which have never been shown before. Jung Lee is best known for her photographs of text-based neon light installations set directly into the landscape. By contrasting sentimental phrases juxtaposed with stark layouts of deserted plains or barren snow fields, she makes strong emotional statements. One of her sources of inspiration for many of her artworks is Roland Barthes’s book 'A lover’s discourse'. Lee slows everything down patiently, analysing the most intense and overwhelming of states; unanswered desire – the language of complete love and the deep solitary state it throws the lover into. She collects clichéd expressions of love and hatred such as ‘I am lost in you’ and 'Have you ever loved me?' and gives them resonance in form of powerful proclamations.