Lee Bul
Strange exhibition at the Hayward Gallery looking at the career of Lee Bul, the South Korean artist. I thought this work was thought provoking but not particularly beautiful. It’s not really stayed with me and I’ve just had to check my photos before writing to remind me of the work. I did think these strange sculptures and installations worked well in the newly refurbished Hayward Gallery and it was good that there was space for each of them to be viewed individually but also to be seen together to represent the body of her work. Without the leaflet I am not sure I would have understood the show so I’ll quote from it “Lee Bul’s work is concerned with the way that idealism or the pursuit of perfection – bodily, political or aesthetic – might lead to failure, or disaster.” Each of the works felt like an experience. In the first room I liked Civitas Solis II, an large installation like a 3D map of an archipelago made of mirrors with light bulbs pu...