{"id":19518,"date":"2018-06-26T14:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.trendstop.com\/?p=19518"},"modified":"2019-06-11T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:40:22","slug":"lee-bul-crashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendstop.com\/de\/blog\/2018\/06\/26\/lee-bul-crashing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Bul: Crashing"},"content":{"rendered":"

London\u2019s Hayward Gallery plays host to a brand new immersive exhibition entitled Lee Bul: Crashing<\/em>. The space displays over 100 pieces of Bul\u2019s work, spanning from the late 1980\u2019s to the present day. The works include a blend of installations, paintings, ceramics and films. Read on to discover more about artistically pioneering exhibition.<\/p>\n

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Image left to right: Excavation (2007), Heaven and Earth (2007), Stembau No.2 (2007)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee Bul: The Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1964, Lee Bul trained initially in sculpture, using this as a starting point to begin exploring other artistic avenues. She emerged onto the art scene in the late 1980\u2019s with dynamic pieces of thought-provoking and dramatically distinctive work that revolved around the diverse topics of nature, gender and sexuality.<\/p>\n

Lee Bul: Crashing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition Lee Bul: Crashing<\/em> encapsulates 30 years worth of art within one carefully curated space, including 16 never-before seen pieces.<\/p>\n

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Image: Scale of Tongue (2017-2018)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

As you enter the pure, white walls of the exhibit space you are met by an overbearing abyss of broken mirrors and a distorted human-like sculptures, including Monster Black<\/em> (2011) and Civitas Solis II (2014). Suspended from the ceiling are pieces taken from the Cyborg<\/em> series which are a collective of hybridised human figures.<\/p>\n

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Image: Civitas Solis II (2014)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

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Image: Monster Black\u00a0(2011)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Continuing along the path visitors are drawn into room 2 which hosts a selection of early works and immersive films that display live performances. Described by Bul herself as \u2018a spontaneous mixing of life and art\u2019, the works explore the themes of desire and identity. A series of delicate paintings on silk and velvet hang along the walls, expressing Bul\u2019s love of using mixed mediums. In the centre of the room rests a slice of futurism with Live Forever Part 1<\/em> (2001), a space age pod depicting an alien-like form of transportation, furthering her quest to explore the relationship between the human body and technology.<\/p>\n

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Image: Live Forever Part 1\u00a0(2001)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

The immersive experience continues throughout the exhibition, with the show-stopping piece After Bruno Taut (Devotion to Drift)<\/em> (2013), <\/em>a dropped chandelier-like installation that resembles a scene reminiscent of icy landscapes, with mountainous peaks and crystal encrusted roadways.<\/p>\n

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Image:\u00a0After Bruno Taut (Devotion to Drift)\u00a0(2013)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Upstairs brings you to a stark, mirrored-floor room filled with the presence of Willing To Be Vulnerable \u2013 Metalized Balloon <\/em>(2015-16), a piece that resembles a Hindenburg-like airship or Zeppelin, a form of transportation that promised a solution for the future.<\/p>\n

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Image: Willing To Be Vulnerable \u2013 Metalized Balloon\u00a0<\/em>(2015-16)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

The final space ensures you are encapsulated by a mirrored labyrinth entitled Via Negativa <\/em>II (2014). <\/em>This piece was created to intertwine the use of both body and brain by physically seeking a way through the mirrored paths to the ultimate destination point which is an infinite space emblazoned with illuminated bulbs.<\/p>\n

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Image:\u00a0Via Negativa\u00a0II (2014)\u00a0at Hayward Gallery, 2018 \u00a9 Lee Bul 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

The exhibition invites you to totally submerge yourself into a future world, giving a glimpse of what is yet to come, exploring ways in which our bodies will have to adapt to technology and surroundings.<\/p>\n

Discover Lee Bul: Crashing<\/em> at London\u2019s Hayward Gallery<\/a>,\u00a0open until August 19th<\/sup> 2018.<\/p>\n

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London\u2019s Hayward Gallery plays host to a brand new immersive exhibition entitled Lee Bul: Crashing. The space displays over 100 pieces of Bul\u2019s work, spanning from the late 1980\u2019s to the present day. The works include a blend of installations, paintings, ceramics and films. Read on to discover more about artistically pioneering exhibition. Image left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibition-2"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t