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Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now
With Lee Bul
Curated by June Young Kwak and Doryun Chong, with Heyeon Kim and Sunny Cheung, from Leeum Museum of Art and M+.
13/11/2026 – 07/03/2027
Emerging in the late 1980s, Lee Bul developed her work in close dialogue with South Korea’s shifting social and political realities. Working across sculpture, installation, performance and two-dimensional media, she has consistently explored the relationships between the body and society, humanity and technology, nature and civilisation. Her work probes the promises and failures of modernity, as well as the political forces that shape our collective imagination.
Featuring more than 200 key works, Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now traces the artist’s sustained engagement with utopian thought, modernist architecture and the historical avant-garde. From early iconoclastic performances to immersive, multi-sensory installations, the exhibition reveals an artist who combines formal experimentation with philosophical depth. Today, Lee Bul is widely recognised as a pioneering figure for younger generations of artists worldwide.
