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Dialogical Self Jinju Lee cover Full 2008-2011 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 39.5 x 40 cm (15.5 x 16 in) NFS Dialogical Self Jinju Lee Baik Art presents Dialogical Self, a solo becomes most meaningful: she uses her art to very real experiences of the artist as she was exhibition by Korean native, contemporary challenge her own personal struggles. growing up in South Korea. The muted yet artist, Jinju Lee. Ms. Lee (BFA, MFA; rich colors reflect Lee’s rational meditation Hongik University) melds tradition with The title of Lee’s show at Baik Art, Dialogical upon these events. Yes, they were tragic and contemporaneous philosophy in her thought- Self, touches upon conversations of the artist distressing, but they also brought clarity. The provoking artworks. Professionally trained in with herself, with her past and present worlds, viewer is invited by the paintings to share in Oriental Painting, she employs the boonchae and with her audience. It refers to an ideology the artist’s discoveries. technique, a distinctly Korean painting initiated by Hannah Arendt, who in 1958 said, method where clusters of mineral pigment, “If people were not different, they would have Dialogical Self will run at Baik Art from May previously suspended in water, are crushed nothing to say to each other. And if they were 20 until July 20, 2017. We welcome you to visit and applied to a canvas coated in an adhesive. not the same, they would not understand each our location at La Cienaga and Venice to see This East Asian style of painting with its lack other,” and incorporated into the Dialogical the works of Jinju Lee. of shading shows the true color of things (saek- Self Theory (DST) by Hubert Hermans in the gal) and plays into Lee’s narrative intent. 1990s. It uses the concepts of ‘self’, which wells from within an individual, and ‘dialogue’, how The artist draws on negative events and she communicates her ‘self’ to others, to gain emotions from her past. Her art is not a a deeper understanding of her experiences personal pursuit of catharsis; rather it is the through the integration of internal thoughts means for discovery, the vehicle through which and feelings with external conventions. her experiences become visceral. She captures daily activities in spontaneous sketches and Each of Lee’s paintings is a self-contained reassembles these sketches into a narrative microcosm replete with meaningful imagery relaying a story from her past. It is in this and emotion. The works are simultaneously dialogue with her memories that Lee’s work peaceful and frantic, commentary on the 6 7 8 9 Fathom 2014 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 120 x 235 cm (47 x 92.25 in) NFS 12 13 4 pm 2017 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 72 x 90 cm (29 x 36 in) 14 15 The 9th Dream 2013 powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 120 x 235 cm (47 x 92.25 in) 18 Unreadable Poem 2017 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 100 x 150 cm (40 x 60 in) 22 23 An Obscure Reply 2017 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 175 x 95 cm (69 x 38 in) NFS 25 Conversation of All Those Whose Lips are Sealed 2012 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 112 x 69 cm (44 x 28 in) NFS 26 Transparent Layers 2017 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 27 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in) CV Born 1980, Busan, Korea Lives and works in Paju and Seoul M.F.A. Department of Oriental Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hongik Univ., Korea B.F.A. Department of Oriental Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hongik Univ., Korea Solo Exhibitions 2017 An Obscure Reply (Arario Gallery, Seoul) 2014 JINJU LEE (DOOSAN Gallery NewYork, New York) 2011 Evanescing, In-evanescing (Gallery Hyundai 16bungee, Seoul) 2010 A Way to Remember (Gallery Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul) 2008 Story of Silence (Gallery JungMiSo, Seoul) 2006 Patternholic (Gallery DOS, Seoul) Duo Exhibitions 2013 Glimpse - Li YiWen & Lee Jinju, Space CAN Beijing, Beijing, China 2012 Paths of Clues - Lee Jeongbae & Lee Jinju, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 The Evolution of Socialist Realism, American univ.museum, Washington, USA Journey to a Fluid Island, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Club Monster, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea Falling in Love with Women’s Portraits, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2015 East Asia Feminism: Fantasia, SEOULMuseum of Art, Seoul, Korea Black Hole Sun, Art Center WHITE BLOCK, Paju, Korea 2014 SongEun ArtAward Exhibition, SongEun Artcenter, Korea TOMORROW 2014, DDP, Design Museum, Korea 2013 Permeated Perspective: Young Korean Painters, DOOSAN Gallery New York, USA Girl’s Generation, Space Cottonseed, Singapore Detail, Gallery SiMon, Seoul, Korea Real Landscape, True Reflection, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2012 On Manner of Forming, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Soul of Seoul, Gallery S.E, Bergen, Norway 2011 What i saw, Project Space SARUBIADABANG, Seoul, Korea Monologues, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK 2010 Wonderful Pictures, ILMIN Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Intuition, Hakgoje Gallery, Seoul, Korea First decade, SeMA Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Bibliothèque: A Library of Folding and Unfolding, gallery sangsangmadang, Seoul, Korea 2009 Just ART, SUNGGOK Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 29 Some place, Gallery Inn, Seoul, Korea The 32nd JoongAng FineArts Prize, Seoul Arts Center-Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 2008 2008 Busan-Biennale ‘ART IS NOW’, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea Awards / Support 2014 Songeun Art Award ‘Second Prize’, Song-Eun Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea 2012 Gyeong-gi cultural foundation / Announced support creative arts activities, Gyeong-gi, Korea 2009 The 31st JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, ‘Second Prize’, JoongAng culture media corporation, Seoul, Korea 2007 Arts Council Korea’s Arts Promotion Fund, Seoul, Korea Residence Programs 2014-2015 Art Center WHITE BLOCK Artist Residency, Paju, Korea 2011 The National Art Studio, Goyang, Korea 2009-2010 Seoul City Nanji Art Studio, Seoul, Korea Hand/Wall 2017 Powdered pigment, animal skin glue and water on unbleached cotton 54 x 41 cm (21 x 16 in) Click link to view Jinju Lee’s video http://naver.me/5oVEvoo8 Special Thanks Michael Underwood Dialogical Self Jinju Lee May 20 – July 20, 2017 LOS ANGELES 2600 S. LaCienega Blvd Los Angeles CA 90034 310-842-3892 [email protected] www.baikart.com SEOUL Space Kaan #315 Nature Poem Building 461 Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu Seoul, Korea 06011 +82 70-7782-7770 [email protected] www.spacekaan.com © 2017 Baik Art This eCatalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Dialogical Self at Baik Art from May 20 to July 20, 2017. No portion of this eCatalogue may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission from the artist, writer and Baik Art. Artworks Copyright © JINJU LEE All rights reserved. Photographer MICHAEL UNDERWOOD Design.