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Asian Contemporary Design
Lee Jaehyo | Back to Nature

Hong Kong, 26-30 May 2016

Born in 1965 in Korea, Jaehyo Lee produces immaculately formed, intricate sculptures that reveal a mastery of his materials and a winking, sophisticated wit. Lee eschews traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts and makes both functional and functionless works, presenting benches, stools, and tables alongside abstract, biomorphic forms. Burnt-black wood often serves as the sculptural ground into which Lee embeds discs of fresh wood or bent steel bolts and nails. Such combinations read as playful meditations on the multifaceted nature—recalling a slithering, energetic galaxy of organisms.

Exhibition highlights

  • Lee Jaehyo

    0121-1110=1090815
    Tree
    Steel
    90 x 217 cm / 76 x 185 cm / 62 x 155 cm
    2009

  • Lee Jaehyo

    0121-1110=1141211
    Chair
    Wood (Juniperus Chinensis)
    100 x 81 x 72 cm
    2014

  • Lee Jaehyo

    0121-1110=1150212
    Chair
    Wood (Iarch)
    137 x 82 x 68 cm
    2015

  • Lee Jaehyo

    0121-1110=115124
    Table
    Wood (Juniperus Chinensis)
    110 x 60 x 45 cm
    2015


Exhibition information

  • Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
    1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

  • Viewing

    26 May, 10:30am - 6pm
    27 May, 10:30am - 6pm
    28 May, 10:30am - 6pm
    29 May, 10:30am - 6:30pm
    30 May, 10:30am - 6:30pm

  • Contact

    Geraldine Lenain
    glenain@christies.com
    Tel: +33 (0)1 40 76 72 52