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Lee Byungchan

LEE BYUNGCHAN

White Elephant P21 27 February–31 March 2019 Seoul
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P21 is pleased to present White Elephant, a solo exhibition by Lee Byungchan. Lee has continuously devoted his criticism on today’s production and consumption system by creating a strange malformed creature made of plastic bags which are infinitely produced and disposed in the urbanised environment. In this exhibition, he indicates the phenomenon that we endlessly manufacture ‘sacred but also troublesome’ things as being blinded by the addictive splendour of the consumer culture. With the idea of today’s consumption ecosystem suffering from the contradictory conditions, Lee presents new 3D-printing sculptures that are created by mimicking the process of mass-production and soon-to-be discarded giant plastic bag installations.

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Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, reflection film, LED, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, reflection film, LED, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, reflection film, LED, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, reflection film, LED, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, reflection film, LED, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Detail_Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, reflection film, LED, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, bead strings, reflection film, LED, LED RGB, LED T5, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, bead strings, reflection film, LED, LED RGB, LED T5, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, bead strings, reflection film, LED, LED RGB, LED T5, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, bead strings, reflection film, LED, LED RGB, LED T5, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, Creature (2019). Plastic bag, bead strings, reflection film, LED, LED RGB, LED T5, air motor. Dimensions variable. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, PCS_2, 3, 4 (2019). 3D printing with PLA, digital color print. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, PCS_2, 3, 4 (2019). 3D printing with PLA, digital color print. Courtesy P21, Seoul.
Lee Byungchan, PCS_1 (2019). 3D printing with PLA, digital color print. Courtesy P21, Seoul.

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P21 was established in 2017 by Soo Choi. Located in Itaewon district, a cultural hub in Seoul, the gallery opened with an inaugural exhibition by Choi Jeong Hwa and continues to promote compelling and original examples of international contemporary art. P21 is known for its unique exhibition space with two separate facades, respectively named P1 and P2, that enable artists to create site-specific works.

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P21 contemporary art gallery in Seoul South Korea
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+82 2 790 5503
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Opening hours
Tuesday – Friday
11am – 6pm

Saturday
12pm – 6pm
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