Gallery Catalog

Perdu CCIX, 2025

Mother-of-pearl, acrylic paint on jute canvas, aluminum base panel, stainless-steel frame · 64 1/4 x 89 1/4 x 2 1/2 in framed, diptych · 163.3 x 226.6 x 6.5

CTCS #1, 2024

Stainless steel, ethylene-vinyl acetate, carbon fiber, paint, polyurethane · 108 1/4 x 50 x 63 3/4 · 275 x 127 x 162

CTCS #2, 2024

Stainless steel, ethylene-vinyl acetate, carbon fiber, paint, polyurethane · 105 1/2 x 50 x 43 3/4 · 268 x 127 x 111

The Secret Sharer III, 2024

Stainless steel, polycarbonate, acrylic, polyurethane

Perdu 198 CXCVIII, 2024

Mother-of-pearl, acrylic paint on wooden base panel, stainless-steel frame

Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable—Velvet #24), 2022

Mother-of-pearl, acrylic panel, PVC panel, acrylic paint, collage on silk velvet

Cyborg W1, W2, W4; W6, Installation view, ‘Human, 7 questions,’ Leeum Museum of Art, 2021

Cast silicone, polyurethane filling, paint pigment; hand-cut ethylene-vinyl acetate panels on FRP, polyurethane coating

Installation view, ‘Lee Bul—Beginning,’ Seoul Museum of Art, 2021

Monster: Black, Installation view, Leeum Museum of Art, 2021

Fabric, fiberfill, stainless-steel frame, sequins, acrylic paint, dried flower, glass beads, aluminum, crystal, metal chain · 85 3/8 x 73 5/8 x 67 1/4 · 217 x 187 x 171

Aubade V, Installation view, ‘May You Live In Interesting Times,’ 58th Venice Biennale, 2019

Cast steel (collected from a demolished checkpoint at the DMZ), Optium museum acrylic, electronic display board, LED light, CPU, DC-SMPS, dimmer, electric wire · 157 1/2 x 118 1/8 (dia) · Approx. 400 x 300 (dia)

Willing To Be Vulnerable—Metalized Balloon, Installation view, ‘Lee Bul: Crashing,’ Hayward Gallery, 2018

Metalized film, transparent film, air blower · 118 1/8 x 669 1/4 x 118 1/8 in as installed · 300 x 1700 x 300

Via Negativa II, Installation view, ‘Lee Bul: Crash, Gropius Bau,’ 2018

Polycarbonate sheet, aluminum frame, acrylic and polycarbonate mirrors, steel, stainless-steel mirror, two-way mirror, LED lighting, silkscreen ink · 108 1/4 x 196 7/8 x 275 1/2 · Approx. 275 x 500 x 700

Untitled (Anagram Leather #11 T.O.T.), 2003/2018

Leather-covered cast fiberglass, stainless steel, stainless-steel wire · 45 1/4 x 29 1/2 x 25 5/8 · 115 x 75 x 65

Willing To Be Vulnerable, Installation view, ‘The Future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed,’ Cockatoo Island for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, 2016

Heavy-duty fabric, metalized film, transparent film, polyurethane ink, fog machine, LED lighting, electronic wiring

Civitas Solis II, Installation view, ‘MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2014: Lee Bul,’ National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea, 2014

Polycarbonate sheet, acrylic mirror, LED lights, electrical wiring · 130 7/8 x 1309 x 728 1/2 in as installed · 330 x 3325 x 1850

Cyborg W6, Installation view, ‘LEE BUL,’ Mudam Luxembourg—Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, 2013–14

Hand-cut ethylene-vinyl acetate panels on FRP, polyurethane coating · 91 3/8 x 26 3/8 x 26 3/8 · 232 x 67 x 67

Infinite Starburst of Your Cold Dark Eyes, 2009

Stainless steel, mirror, aluminum, copper, crystal, wood, nickel-chrome wire, plastic, acrylic · 75 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 21 1/4 · 192.5 x 82 x 54

Installation view, ‘On Every New Shadow,’ Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2007

Aubade, Installation view, ‘On Every New Shadow,’ Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2007

Aluminum structure, LED lights, electrical wiring, crystal and glass beads, ensemble of ten pieces · 157 1/2 x 118 1/8 (dia) in · Approx. 400 x 300 (dia)

Untitled, 2003

Hand-cut ethylene-vinyl acetate panels on aluminum armature, polyurethane coating, stainless-steel wires · 194 7/8 x 669 1/4 x 472 1/2 in as installed · 495 x 1700 x 1200

Live Forever II, 2001

Fiberglass with acoustic foam, plexiglass, orange leather upholstery, electronic equipment and one audio compact disc · 100 x 60 x 38 · 254 x 152.4 x 96.5

Sorry for suffering—You think I'm a puppy on a picnic?, 1990

Bul Lee