LEE Dongwook
LEE Dongwook(b. 1976)'s works are the most realistically grounded with everyday reality. His choice of medium or method of expression is drastically private and lean toward his personal life and taste, but his work often contains serious observations of the individual in modern society's struggle to get through a daily routine or act as a critique or accusation of reality. His cynical and distanced gaze is filtered through humor and wit, but the content is always serious, and even grave at times. Through human figures, residues, traces that are meticulously positioned amongst humanoids made of Sculpey, trophies, rock collections and other items, LEE offers a calm portrait of the eternal return - alienation, balance, division, and isolation as they arise from the indivisible relationship between humanity and its society.
LEE Dongwook participated in solo exhibition at the Arario museum Dongmun Hotel II(Jeju, Korea) in 2017, Corner Space (Seoul, Korea) in 2014, Charlottenlund Gallery ( Stockholm, Sweden) in 2013 and Arario Gallery Seoul (Seoul, Korea) and Doosan Gallery (New York, US) in 2012, and Brain Factory Gallery (Seoul, Korea) in 2004. He also participated in "Pillars" (Arario Gallery, Seoul and Korea) and "Really?"(Arario Museum in Space, Seoul, Korea) in 2014, "Korean Eye"(Art Design Museum, NY, US) in 2011, "Made in Popland"(MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea) in 2010, Bulgar Collection (Berlin, Germany), "Korean Eye" (Ssatchi Gallery, London, UK), "peppermint candy" (National Art Museum, Buenos Aries, Argentina) in 2008. In 2011, he joined the Doosan Gallery as a New York Residence artist. His works is part of many significant collections such as the Burger Collection (Germany), the Rubel Collection (USA), the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Korea), and the Arario Museum (Korea).
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부족한 결합 I | Insufficient Combination-Part I, 2018
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부족한 결합 | Insufficient Combination, 2018
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부족한 결합-Part II | Insufficient Combination-Part II, 2018
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부족한 결합-Part IV | Insufficient Combination-Part IV, 2018
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브릭 | Brick, 2018
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브릭 | Brick, 2018
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완벽한 결합 | Perfect Combination, 2018
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트로피 | Trophy, 2018
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트로피 | Trophy, 2018
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Armor, 2016
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All the interestings, 2016
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Burt's Bees, 2016
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Larva, 2016
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Red Mushrooms, 2016
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S-hook , 2016
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Sure Catch , 2016
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Untitled, 2016
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Untitled, 2016
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Waki Zaki, 2016
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A Girl with Hoodie, 2015
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Pink Mushroom, 2015
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Red Mushroom, 2015
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Untitled, 2014
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Untitled, 2014
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Untitled, 2014
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Untitled, 2014
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Pooh, 2013
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Pooh, 2013
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Untitled, 2013
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Untitled, 2013
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Useful Man, 2013
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Good Boy, 2012
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Good Taste, 2012
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Love Me Tender, 2012
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Nice Shot, 2012
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Pinky, 2012
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Pooh, 2012
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Sweet Dream, 2012
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Untitled, 2012
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아직 제목이 없다 | Not titled yet, 2012
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지켜야 할 영광과 지우고 싶은 과거 | Engraved Glory Indelible Past, 2012
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Wen, 2011
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Wolf attack, 2011
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Untitled, 2010
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White Arab Horse, 2010
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Drive 1, 2009
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Untitled, 2009
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Beggar, 2008
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Cross breeding, 2008
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Legend, 2008
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Princess, 2008
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GWON Osang, KIM Inbai, LEE Dongwook: Endless Column
RYSE HOTEL 20 December 2018 - 3 March 2019 Seoul -
VOICE OF ASIA
1 July - 27 August 2017 Shanghai -
PILLARS
3 - 28 December 2014 Seoul -
Arario Collection Exhibition: Banana and I
7 March - 26 May 2013 Cheonan -
LEE Dongwook: Love Me Sweet
24 May - 30 June 2012 Seoul -
Artists with Arario 2011: Part 2
17 November - 31 December 2011 Seoul -
Artists with Arario
9 February - 21 March 2010 Cheonan -
KOO Donghee, LEE Dongwook, BAIK Hyunjhin
27 September - 9 November 2008 Shanghai -
LEE Dongwook: Breeding Pond
8 September - 8 October 2006 Seoul -
Beautiful Cynicism
10 December 2005 - 12 March 2006 Shanghai
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Lee Dongwook: Love Me Sweet
2012 Hardback, 163 pages
Publisher: Arario Gallery
ISBN: 978-89-922628-2-8
Dimensions: 215 x 260 mm Read more -
Group Exhibition: Voice of Arario
2017 Hardback, 175 pages
Publisher: ArarioGallery
ISBN: 979-11-86399-224
Dimensions: 235 x 282 mm Read more -
Group Exhibition: PILLARS
2014 Paperback, 86 pages
Publisher: Arario Gallery
ISBN: 9788-99-22629-96 93600
Dimensions: 170 x 240 mm Read more