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Viewing Sujin Lee

Saatchi Yates’ new solo show is poised to catapult the self-taught Korean artist Sujin Lee onto the world stage. Born in Korea’s Jeju Island, Lee studied visual communication before turning to painting as a source of creative freedom. ‘The picture gave me the feeling that there is infinite possibility,’ she has said.

Comprising 20 paintings ranging from small portraits to large group scenes, Lee’s new body of work celebrates female friendship and sisterhood. Expect to see female figures holding hands or nestling up to one another against surrealistic backdrops of bowed branches, flowing fronds and towering tree trunks.

Inspired by her own lived experience and the landscape of her hometown, Lee prompts us to consider our relationships with ourselves and others as well as hers to her work. ‘What are these girls? Is this me? Or is this just a painting?’ she asks.

Needless to say, Lee’s future’s looking bright. Hop to it.

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Dates
02 February 2022 — 26 March 2022
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