Paul Lee
Biography
Paul Lee, Solar, 2021, washcloth, ink, staples, aluminium screen, spray paint, tambourine, soda can, 380 x 270 x 254mm
Paul Lee, Desert Flower, 2021, washcloth, ink, staples, aluminium screen, spray paint, tambourine, 380 x 270 x 254mm
Paul Lee, Desert Flowers, 2022 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland
Paul Lee, Squint, 2020, tambourine (wood,steel), canvas, towel, spray paint, acrylic paint, soda can, wire, aluminium screen, staples
Paul Lee, Untitled (tambourine), 2011, tambourine, paint, balsa wood, 360 x 360 x 50 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (hand towels with bulbs), 2013, towels, lightbulbs, spray paint, mono lament, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment-based ink, 1958 x 1270 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (hand towels with bulbs) (detail), 2013, towels, lightbulbs, spray paint, mono lament, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment-based ink, 1958 x 1270 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (Yellow), 2012, towels, thread, steel, dye, 2298 x 3101 x 311 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled, (can sculpture CS04), 2007, soda can, sock, light bulb, electrical fixtures, Xerox, paint, magnifying glass, glass tube, 320 x 190 x 139 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (rock wall), 2010, plaster of Paris, ink, towel, 539 x 1079 x 260 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (painting on rock), 2011, acrylic on canvas, plaster, ink, steel 525 x 620 x 230 mm
Paul Lee, Active Light, 2013 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland
Paul Lee, Negative (screen, green), 2013, towels, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment, based ink, 1270 x 3467 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (washcloth still), 2010, towels, ink, paint, thread, wire hoops, 285 x 300 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (two towels with tambourine bells), 2010, towels, cotton thread, ink, tambourine bells, 125 x 1079 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (triple negative orange purple green), 2011, towels, cotton thread, ink, wire hoops, 1820 x 1082 mm
Paul Lee, Desert Flower, 2021, washcloth, ink, staples, aluminium screen, spray paint, tambourine, 380 x 270 x 254mm
Paul Lee, Squint, 2020, tambourine (wood,steel), canvas, towel, spray paint, acrylic paint, soda can, wire, aluminium screen, staples
Paul Lee, Untitled (hand towels with bulbs), 2013, towels, lightbulbs, spray paint, mono lament, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment-based ink, 1958 x 1270 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (Yellow), 2012, towels, thread, steel, dye, 2298 x 3101 x 311 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (rock wall), 2010, plaster of Paris, ink, towel, 539 x 1079 x 260 mm
Paul Lee, Active Light, 2013 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland
Paul Lee, Untitled (washcloth still), 2010, towels, ink, paint, thread, wire hoops, 285 x 300 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (triple negative orange purple green), 2011, towels, cotton thread, ink, wire hoops, 1820 x 1082 mm
Paul Lee
Born 1974, London (GB). Lives and works in New York City, New York (US)
Paul Lee works in sculpture, collage, and video to created assembled works from mundane and domestic objects. Over the course of his career, Lee has crafted a meticulous visual language that includes objects such as tambourines, lightbulbs, and empty soda cans. Reinterpreted and reassembled, Lee pays homage to these objects’ original function, presenting them in forms that conjure bodily connections between object and user.
Lee received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Winchester School of Art, Winchester in 1997. His work has been included in the group exhibitions: The Grid and the Curve, JTT Gallery, New York (2022); Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton (2020); Modern Nature, Michael Lett, Auckland (2019); Home Improvements, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (2017); UIA: Unlikely Iterations of the Abstract, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (2013); Flaca, Portikus, Frankfurt (2011) and Absentee Landlord, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2011). Solo exhibitions include: Desert Flowers, Michael Lett, Auckland (2022); Tambourine Heart, Adams and Ollman, Portland (2021); Divided, David Shelton Gallery, Houston (2020); I see with my body now, Karma, New York City (2019); In my room, David Shelton Gallery, Houston (2018); On My Way To You Now, Modern Art, London (2018); Pestle, Michael Lett, Auckland (2017); On The Beach In The Dark, Untilthen Gallery, Paris (2015) and Paul Lee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia (2015).
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Paul Lee, Solar, 2021, washcloth, ink, staples, aluminium screen, spray paint, tambourine, soda can, 380 x 270 x 254mm
Paul Lee, Desert Flower, 2021, washcloth, ink, staples, aluminium screen, spray paint, tambourine, 380 x 270 x 254mm
Paul Lee, Desert Flowers, 2022 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland
Paul Lee, Squint, 2020, tambourine (wood,steel), canvas, towel, spray paint, acrylic paint, soda can, wire, aluminium screen, staples
Paul Lee, Untitled (tambourine), 2011, tambourine, paint, balsa wood, 360 x 360 x 50 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (hand towels with bulbs), 2013, towels, lightbulbs, spray paint, mono lament, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment-based ink, 1958 x 1270 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (hand towels with bulbs) (detail), 2013, towels, lightbulbs, spray paint, mono lament, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment-based ink, 1958 x 1270 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (Yellow), 2012, towels, thread, steel, dye, 2298 x 3101 x 311 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled, (can sculpture CS04), 2007, soda can, sock, light bulb, electrical fixtures, Xerox, paint, magnifying glass, glass tube, 320 x 190 x 139 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (rock wall), 2010, plaster of Paris, ink, towel, 539 x 1079 x 260 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (painting on rock), 2011, acrylic on canvas, plaster, ink, steel 525 x 620 x 230 mm
Paul Lee, Active Light, 2013 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland
Paul Lee, Negative (screen, green), 2013, towels, hoops, stainless steel, thread, pigment, based ink, 1270 x 3467 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (washcloth still), 2010, towels, ink, paint, thread, wire hoops, 285 x 300 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (two towels with tambourine bells), 2010, towels, cotton thread, ink, tambourine bells, 125 x 1079 mm
Paul Lee, Untitled (triple negative orange purple green), 2011, towels, cotton thread, ink, wire hoops, 1820 x 1082 mm