Main entry:

Lee, Bul, 1964- artist.

Title & Author:

Lee Bul, life and work / edited by Doryun Chong and June Young Kwak ; [Chinese translation: Cecilia Kwan, Erica Leung, Winny Leung, Amy Li, Joanna Wong ; Korean translation: Ahram Kim, Jiwon Yu, Heesun Hwang].

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson ; Hong Kong : M+ ; Seoul : Leeum Museum of Art, 2026.
©2026

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of the exhibition "Lee Bul: from 1998 to Now" held at Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, from September 4, 2025-January 4, 2026; and at M+, Hong Kong, from March 14-August 9, 2026
Includes bibliographical references (page 311) and index
Forewords -- Performance and Other Early Works -- In Medias Res: The Early Works of Lee Bul / Doryun Chong -- Lee Bul and the Taboo of the Public Body / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- The Perishable Body / Heyeon Kim -- Here be Monsters / Sunny Cheung -- Back to the Future / Lesley Ma -- Karaoke and the One-Person Space / Paul Roquet -- Mon grand récit: Sculptures and Installations -- Mon grand récit: The Shells and Topographies of Vulnerable Worlds / June Young Kwak -- Stories Too Great to be Told / Ingo Niermann -- Cities of Glass / Béatrice Grenier -- Fables Like Snow / Sunny Cheung -- Utopia and Its Failures / Euijung McGillis -- Between Hope and Disillusionment / Heyeon Kim -- Two-Dimensional Works -- In Search of Lost Painting: Lee Bul's Works in Two Dimensions / Doryun Chong -- Chronology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Picture Credits -- Index
Translation from the Korean and the Cinese.

Summary:

"The comprehensive and definitive monograph on Lee Bul, one of the most prominent contemporary artists of her time. Born in South Korea in 1964, Lee Bul is one of the most important contemporary artists of her generation--a daring visionary who resolutely questions the world around her through extraordinary, otherworldly acts of imagination. Across multiple decades and a wide range of media, including performance art, sculpture, installation, and painting, she has been at the forefront of contemporary artistic practice, exploring such topics as the body, gender, failed utopias, and our increasingly technologized existence. Lee Bul: Life and Work is an unparalleled survey of the artist's career to date, from her fearless performance pieces of the late 1980s to her visually arresting 2024 commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Highly illustrated throughout, and with contributions from art historians, curators, and critics, Lee Bul is a fascinating and in-depth exploration of a vital, groundbreaking artist." -- Publisher's description

ISBN:

9780500481202 (T&H Ltd/T&H Inc. edition)
0500481202 (T&H Ltd/T&H Inc. edition)
9780500481233 (M+ English-language edition)
0500481237 (M+ English-language edition)
9780500481301 (Leeum English-language edition
050048130X (Leeum English-language edition

Subject:

Lee, Bul, 1964- Exhibitions.
Lee, Bul, 1964- Critique et interprétation.
Lee, Bul, 1964-
Artists Korea (South) Biography.
Artistes Corée du Sud Biographies.
ART / Sculpture & Installation.
Artists.
Biography.
Art, Korean.
Korea (South)

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Biographies.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Chong, Doryun, editor.
Kwak, June Young, editor.
Kwan, Cecilia, translator.
Leung, Erica, translator.
Leung, Winny, translator.
Li, Amy, translator.
Wong, Joanna, translator.
Kim, Ahram, translator.
Yu, Jiwon, translator.
Hwang, Heesun, translator.
Leeum, Samsŏng Misulgwan, hosting institution.
M+ (Museum : Hong Kong, China), host institution.

Life and work
Title of exhibition: Lee Bul : from 1998 to now

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325868
Call No.: 325868
Copy: 1
Status: Available