Lee Bul Exhibition

Lee Bul's Exhibition

(Ikon Gallery- 10th September - 9th November 2014) 

Lee Bul, a Korean artist, exhibited her work for the first time  solo in the UK at Ikon Gallery. The exhibition involves early drawing, studies, sculptural pieces and ambitious installations. Her work is visually compelling, making her one of the most important artists of Bul's generation. Bul was funded by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and New Art Gallery Walsall, to create new piece which would be unveiled at the Ikon Gallery.

• Bul is interested in her own mind and on a larger scale, she is therefore interested in the mind of humanity. 
• Her thoughts for her exhibition developed through the idea of human self awareness and their way of thinking.  

  

  staging

• Bul included the idea of self awareness, not only through her work but through the layout of her exhibition. 
• She enforced stage like figures for people to walk upon, in order to judge the way they want to see the work- there is no set idea of which she wanted her work to be viewed, as its entirely up to the viewer. 
• Bul did not want her work to be viewed in the typical way of a person standing on the floor looking straight on at a piece, as she feels the viewer cant make a personal connection with her work.

  

  Via Negativa

   
• Bul also used materials such as mirrors within her work for the exhibition, such as her piece Via Negative (specifically created for the show) of which the audience could walk through, like a maze.  The mirrors were also on the floor so the the audience was completely self aware of themselves.
• It becomes clear that the way Lee Bul wants her work to be exhibited is just as important as the work itself. 
• They way she composes her exhibitions compliments the way the audience understands and views her work.