Lee Bul
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© Lee Bul

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ArtistKorean, born 1964
CultureKorean
Titles
  • Untitled
Date2004
PlaceKorea
MediumWire, crystal, beads and mixed media
DimensionsOverall: 25 × 26 1/2 × 20 in. (63.5 × 67.3 × 50.8 cm)
Overall (case): 59 3/4 × 19 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (151.8 × 50.2 × 59.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Chong-Ok Matthews
Object number2004.206
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Description

Lee Bul has painstakingly hand-threaded thousands of crystal beads onto chromium wire armatures. When the artist first turned to materials like synthetic resins, fabric, foam rubber, and sequins in the early 2000s, she felt free, she says, to experiment with organic and phantasmagorical forms.


This work embodies the simultaneously fantastic and natural aesthetic pursued by the artist. With long limbs extending upward and outward from the body of the sculpture, the form is alternately dense and sprawling. The shiny, delicate strands allude to genetic and atomic structures in a constant state of flux and motion.


ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Exhibition History"Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 6–August 1, 2004.

"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible signature

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