this is not a retrospective....
it is not about having an award. it is not about my country right or wrong. it is not a protest. it is not a contest. it is not a suicide note. it is not about being a rock star. it is not about selling out or in. it is not about selfish gain, love for fame, or to target a victim to take the blame nor raiding the gravy train. it is art i believe in and offer to share, i needed to do it, not sure why but there are more questions than answers and maybe you tell me if you know better. it is like making a language while learning to speak about this world still unfolding but surely not yet complete, inviting me involving you not just the powers that be, dysfunctional family, nor the failure of gods or heroines of purest fairness who still deserve our faith. i only wish in continuing to play the infinite game, in peace to expand the circle, the eternal network of art...and to live"
Lucid Dreams in the Reverie of the Real is an exhibition of works by Lee Wen mixed-media artist who began self-taught and first gave us a book entitled A Waking Dream, in 1981, that precedes the manga generation of today showing evidence of his inclination to use dream and reality as a perennial image of how human consciousness desire to comprehend life perceived through our deceptive senses. Lee will be presenting some key works spanning two-and-a-half decades of his artistic career, alongside more recent ones. The vast selection includes installations, photographs, videos and documentations.
Best known for his Yellow Man series of work, the multidisciplinary artist is also one of Singapore’s pioneering performance artists. Constructed personas in his work allow visitors an insight into the artist and provocateur, whose very being is motivated by a strong conviction of justice and idealism, with a persistence to stay true to the self in an unsympathetically structured world. Lee will perform live during selected exhibition periods and talk about his experiences and personal development as an artist, covering subjects such as memories and myth-making.
Lucid Dreams in the Reverie of the Real is an exhibition of works by Lee Wen mixed-media artist who began self-taught and first gave us a book entitled A Waking Dream, in 1981, that precedes the manga generation of today showing evidence of his inclination to use dream and reality as a perennial image of how human consciousness desire to comprehend life perceived through our deceptive senses. Lee will be presenting some key works spanning two-and-a-half decades of his artistic career, alongside more recent ones. The vast selection includes installations, photographs, videos and documentations.
Best known for his Yellow Man series of work, the multidisciplinary artist is also one of Singapore’s pioneering performance artists. Constructed personas in his work allow visitors an insight into the artist and provocateur, whose very being is motivated by a strong conviction of justice and idealism, with a persistence to stay true to the self in an unsympathetically structured world. Lee will perform live during selected exhibition periods and talk about his experiences and personal development as an artist, covering subjects such as memories and myth-making.