Yein Lee

From personal experiences Lee started questioning who is entitled to be "I", or "You". And her attention expanded to the concept of the body, and towards more bodies. Then: the body as an autonomous agency, her sculptures reflect the complexity of bodily matter; a chain of theoretical, social, and political effects. Yein Lee's sculptures exhibited at the donaufestival convey the notion of the body as an open system and illustrate the transgressive power of performative and relational bodies. Lee's works embrace radical fragmentation as part of an ever-expanding open system. Her sculptures, which oscillate between growth and decay, handmade and readymade, and artificial and natural materials, encapsulate the human body as a signifier that carries autonomous agency. Investigating social dissonance in her extended surroundings, adhesive materials connect found objects and structures, and painterly gestures on the sculpture's skins contribute to repurposing context and reforming miscellaneous elements.

Wie zerschossen wirkende, kubistisch verformte Schädelfragmente ohne Fleisch, Gliedmaßen, die wie notdürftig zusammengeflickte Leitungen anmuten: Yein Lees Skulpturen wirken wie derangierte, geschlechtlose Cyborg-Gerippe aus Science-Fiction-Dystopien, die in ihren Körperhaltungen oft etwas Vertrautes, Zerbrechliches zitieren. Lee unterscheidet in ihrer Kunst nicht länger zwischen Natur und Technik, Körpern und Maschinen. Das Ich ist ein Alien: „Ich verstehe meine Blutgefäße als Kabel.“