“Reel It In Rule It Out”: The Superb Bionic Sculptures by Yein Lee
Yein Lee (b. 1988, S.Korea) lives and works in Vienna. After studying visual arts in Seoul, she continued her education in painting and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
Her practice combines elements of technology, physical organisms, and fantastic conceptions to create hybrid visions of the bodily realm. Investigating relations of social dissonance in her extended surroundings, found objects are combined with casted pieces and painterly gestural liveness. Creating a field of discussion by targeting complexities of societal behavior. Her work has recently been presented in group exhibitions at the Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris; Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin; Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna; Christine Mayer Gallery, Munich; The Pool, Istanbul; Loggia, Vienna; EXILE, Vienna, among others.