Thaddaeus Ropac Presents Lee Kang So Exhibition at LOTTE Museum of Art for Frieze Seoul
The Facts
Thaddaeus Ropac presents 'Emergence and Dissolution', a major exhibition of Korean artist Lee Kang So at the LOTTE Museum of Art in Seoul, coinciding with Frieze Seoul. The show spans painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance, emphasizing process over outcome and the interplay between visibility and invisibility, reality and image. Rather than a retrospective, the exhibition revisits Lee's decades-long experimentation, inviting audiences to experience the active processes embedded in his works.
The Signal
The exhibition reframes Lee Kang So's practice as a continuous, evolving dialogue with contemporary art. For collectors and curators, it highlights a foundational figure in Korean contemporary art whose process-driven approach predates many current trends in conceptual and participatory art. The show suggests that Lee's philosophical concerns with emergence and dissolution remain vital, offering a lens through which to reconsider the boundaries of artistic medium and perception.
- Artists: Lee Kang So
- Galleries: Thaddaeus Ropac
- Museums: LOTTE Museum of Art
- Locations: Seoul
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