JU-REE, LEE
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JNA Gallery
2013. 10. 27(일) ▶ 2013. 11. 10(일)
Bergamot Station Art Center 2525
Michigan Ave, Building D4, Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA | T.310.315.9502
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Her Animus finding
Even though it's very difficult to identify real essence of unconsciousness that is inner world of human as it is positioned in the deepest part of human mind, the only path to experience the process of those unconsciousness is dream. We usually attempt to recognize what we experienced in dream, it's impossible to logically connect parts of dream as they are appearing parts by parts.
In addition, although we are able to recall that what clothes people in dream wore or what they gripped, their overall appearances become ambiguous when we attempt to recall their faces. Lee's artworks insinuate a world of unconsciousness in teams of fact that men in the artworks have invisible faces and their heavy bodies are floating as if they are playing in space.
In addition, a world of unconsciousness in Lee Ju Ree, men positioned in inner world can't be recognized for their identity since they are all naked. They are not appearances which are projected by material- centric images pursued by Korean's Persona. This means that they took off decorated appearances which are identified by people in consumption society in Korea.
However, there is one question here. When a female artist, Lee faced the most intrinsic aspect of ego in a world where she took off Persona, why did she face image of several men instead of a single woman? If I add explanation of Carl Gustav Jung spending time a little more, inner personality, unlike Persona that is external personality, is very much like a stepping-stone connecting ego to inner world and is a meditator connecting deeper layer between myself (ego) and unconsciousness.
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Inner personality might be replaced with Seele and Seele is a psychological essence of unconsciousness that stimulates consciousness, and it is said that very feminine woman has virile Seele while very virile man has very feminine Seele by Carl Gustav Jung. According to explanation of Lee Bu Young, a man and woman is biologically identified. Man and woman showed psychologically different concerns and features against each other and have been required to carry out different roles socially. While they have been fitting their roles with social requirement, another inner personality in unconsciousness of man and woman is realized against Persona of man and women. Therefore, a woman's personality is positioned in man's unconsciousness while a man's personality is positioned in woman's unconsciousness.
Carl Gustav Jung called man's feminine Seele Anima while he called woman's masculine Seele Animus. This Anima and Animus is not created only by something suppressed by consciousness of man and woman. These indicate what existed as it is by human primitive aspect. For instance, this primitive condition is biologically proved by the fact that a man also has woman's hormone and woman also has man's hormone.
Therefore, men in Lee's artworks are images of Animus that is her men's Seele. If so, why does Animus appear by groups in her artwork? To explain this, Jung describes as following: Although major concern in biological phase from a woman is to grab a man continuously, that of a man is to conquer a woman.
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However, a man is not just limited to one conquering due to his intrinsic characteristics. This characteristic sometimes rejects all personal matters as consciousness of a man is extended beyond a woman while that of a woman is limited to a single man. But under unconsciousness, those are likely to be reversed. It is proved by the fact that Anima in unconsciousness of a man shows relatively clear contour while Animus in unconsciousness of a woman is unclear showing multiple personalities.
The artist, Lee said "Alienated human beings are losing their faces being drifting away from mass under environment where materialism governs mentality with advancement of mechanical civilization and uniformed communication" and "in this environment in Korea's modern society where essence is being lost, we hope to recover our own characteristics through doubt and contemplation for our identities"
And the artist came to view her inner world first like her hope and accordingly she faced Animus that is her inner personality. This process to find her Animus will make it possible to find the voice of Seele which is intentionally ignored as we follow Persona. Moreover, this is believed to gradually fill emptiness of life Which has been creaking due to mismatch between outer personality and inner personality.
Lee Hyun Kyeong (art criticism)
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■ Ju-ree, Lee
1972 Born in Jeonju, Korea | 1994 B.A. of Western Painting, Wonkwang University, Korea
Private Exhibits | 2013 (be living-Live) Vergil America invitation exhibit, JNA Gallery , Santa monica | 2013 (be living-Live) Insa Art Center, Seoul | 2013 (PLATFORM) Invitation exhibit of opening commemoration , SOOM gallery | 2012 (Vergil America invitation exhibition) space WOMB,New York | 2011 (Live-Eliminate) Chappo Gallery, Jeonju | 2010 (Live) Young Artist's Invitation Exhibit, Woojin Art Center, Jeonju | 2010 (To Be Thrown- Live) Insa Gallery, Sponsored by Jeolabukdo Korean | Culture and Art Committee. Seoul | 2009 (Grayish–Live) Invitation Exhibit. Gallery Gongyou, Jeonju | 2008 (Live) Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju | 2007 (Invitation) Dongnae Gallery | 2006 (Silence) Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju | 2002 (Croquis)Eol Gallery, Jeonju | 1998 Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju
Selections & Awards | 2013 oversea exhibit Support, Selected Artist | 2010 Selected Artist to Support Exhibits in the Captial Area | 2010 Selected Artist to Support Overseas Visits and Exhibition by Woojin Art Center | 2010 Jeonbuk Young Artist Award
Collected by | The Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul | National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul | Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Kuyi | The Government Office Building of Jeonbuk, Jeonju
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