Resurrection

It’s amazing to witness an artist who embraces one of their greatest limitations, turning it instead into one of their greatest advantages.

For Korean artist JeeYoung Lee the question was how to utilise her small studio space in Seoul measuring  just 3.6m x 4.1m x 2.4m (11.8′ x 13.5′ x 7.8′). Instead of finding a new location or reverting to digital trickery, Lee challenged herself to build some of the most elaborate sets imaginable for the sake of making a single photograph.

These surreal and dreamlike images are the result of Lee’s determination to share stories from her own life as well as various Korean fables by completely manifesting everything you see in reality.

Lee labours for weeks and months to create the aspects of each scene complete with a multitude of handmade props, suspended objects, and unique lighting requirements. Photoshop could shave weeks off production time, however Lee shuns all digital manipulation and instead focuses on creating even the most minute details by hand.

Nightscape

Treasure Hunt

Panic Room

I’ll Be Back

The Little Match Girl

My Chemical Romance

Last Supper

Maiden Voyage

Nightmare

A recent graduate of Hongik University in Seoul and recipient of the Sovereign Art Prize in 2012, Lee opens her first European exhibition at Opiom Gallery in Opio, France titled Stage of Mind starting February 7, 2014. You can read and see more over on My Modern Met.

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