Overview
Lee Dongsu 李东洙
Flow-Bowl, Oil on canvas, 130.3 x 193.9cm, 2016

 

Lee Dongsu diligently endeavors to apprehend the intrinsic temporality veiled

within objects and skillfully manifests it visually. Within his artworks,

one can discern an unmistakable "prehistoric ambiance," a phenomenon

not left to chance. This occurrence arises from the fact that ninety percent of his

compositions are underpinned by the dominating influence of the background color,

specifically a "mysterious black" that represents the color of the universe

in the artist's eyes. It carries the profound and timeless passage of years,

evoking a sense of awe when standing in front of his paintings.

  

1998    M.F.A Graduated School of fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea 

1993    B.F.A Graduated College of fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea 

2017    Kangwon National University Department of Philosophy - the doctor's course 

 

Lee Dong-soo's work presents a "bowl" on the surface, but it is not just a superficial
depiction of a bowl, but rather a sleeping appearance in the darkness. The part that
is surrounded by darkness and invisible seems so far away. Maybe that is just the be
ginning of darkness, and behind it is a seed of darkness, or maybe that is in the abys
s of the beginning of life. The presence of what was just a bowl suddenly contained
a fleeting light, quietly flowing with a rhythmic, steady breath.

 

 

Accolades
Lee Dongsu 李东洙

Selected Solo Exhibition

2018    The Breath of Immemorial Light from the Darkness, De Heart Center, 

           Shanghai, China

2017    The breath of Immemorial light from the darkness, Gallery Joeun, 

           Seoul, Korea

2015   Metaphor of thing, Gallery bien, Seoul Metaphor of thing, 

          Gallery Gumsan, Seoul, Korea

          Metaphor of thing, 1st iKON, Busan, Korea 

Art Exhibitions
2017    Art Miami, Miami, USA / KIAF, COEX, Korea
           Scope Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
           Art Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
           Art Busan, BEXCO (Busan Exhibition and Convention Center), Korea
           Art Paris, Grand alais, France
           Art Nouveau Plus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
           Singapore Contemporary Art Show, Suntec City, Singapore 

2016    Art Athens, Athens, Greece
           Art New York, New York, USA

2015    Context Miami, Miami, USA
           MiamiScope, Miami, USA
           Kiaf, COEX, South Korea
           Art Vienna, Vienna, Austria
           Silicon Valley Art Fair, San Francisco, USA
           Art Paris, Grand Palais, France

 

 

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