lee kit 李傑

2010-02-08T20:20:00.001-08:00

2010-02-08T17:05:00.000-08:00

Review by Anthony Yung

2009-11-01T10:07:00.000-08:00

News

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'Henry.' (Have you ever been this low?) Solo exhibition at The Western Front, Vancouver 18 Nov, 2011 - 14 Jan, 2012 Future Nostalgia - Moving Images, Moving Cities Special projects of 2011 Shenzhen-HK Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architure Shenzhen 9-11 Dec, 201 'Something Must Happen!' Yangtze River Space, Wuhan, China 18 Dec, 2011 - Jan, 2012 Yau Ma Tei Cultural Celebration Junction of

Cardboard paintings

2009-04-01T22:23:00.001-07:00

Story six: John lives with his family in a city. Every morning before leaving his apartment, he keeps asking himself when he’s washing his face, ‘how can I disappear completely?’

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2010Acrylic on fabric, acrylic on wood, sewing, re-shot found imagesStory six: Packing for paintingAcrylic, emulsion paint and mixed media on cardboard back

Story five: This is Mary’s handkerchief. She kept it like a precious thing. One day, she was found dead, naked with another handkerchief stuck in her month, in the garden where she used to air this handkerchief.

2009-04-01T22:22:00.000-07:00

2010Acrylic on fabric, acrylic on wood, sewing, re-shot found imagesStory five: Packing for paintingAcrylic, emulsion paint and mixed media on cardboard back

Story four: I don’t know where Johnny lives but seems that he has a happy family. I imagine his wife, or ex-wife, once asked him, ‘Johnny, don’t point that gun at me.’

2009-04-01T22:21:00.000-07:00

2010Acrylic on fabric, acrylic on wood, sewing, re-shot found imageStory four: Packing for paintingsAcrylic, emulsion paint and mixed media on cardboard back

Story three: Mary and Linda, born in Japan and currently live in the States. One day they went picnic with friends, including Peter. Three of them enjoyed it so much and since then, they live happy ever after.

2009-04-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

2010 Acrylic on fabric, acrylic on wood, sewing, re-shot found images Story three: Packing for painting Acrylic, emulsion paint and mixed media on cardboard back

Description

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Stories

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Description Story 1 Story 2 Story 3 Story 4 Story 5 Story 6

Filling up an ashtray

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2008 Video, DVD, TV set 1 hour 7 min

Video

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Pseudo-karaoke video - Fragments (Love songs)- Sing any of them or all of them Filling up an ashtray An interview by Miss Petra Chan

Life Bread

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2009Spray color on cardboard, color pencil on drawing paper, glue

Nivea

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2009Acrylic and enamel paint on cardboard

Vaseline

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2009Acrylic on cardboard, color pencil on drawing paper, plastic tape

Johnson's

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2009 Acrylic, color pencils and oil on cardboard

'Well, that's just a chill.'

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ShugoArts, Tokyo 30/10 - 20/11/2011 back

'Watching Soaps (I can't recall the day that I last heard from you.)'

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Osage Gallery, Hong Kong 22/1 - 21/2/2011 back

Sing anyone of them, or all of them

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Nivea2009Digital video, TV set and karaoke system2:02 minVaseline2009Digital video, TV set and karaoke system1:24 minDouble Espresso2009Digital video, TV set and karaoke system2:06 min

Fragments (Love songs)

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As Time Goes By2009 Digital video, karaoke system2:56 min Oh I Buried You Today2009 Digital video, karaoke system1:23 min The End of the World2009Digital video, karaoke system2:57 min

Installation View

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The gallery was transformed into a karaoke lounge with 2 rooms. All the walls inside the room were covered with cardboard. 2 series of pseudo-karaoke 'Fragments' and 'Sing anyone of them, or all of them' were presented. Some paintings on cardboard were used as decoration inside the lounge.

Works

2009-04-01T22:13:00.000-07:00

Karaoke video:FragmentsSing anyone of them, or all of them Paintings:Johnson'sNiveaVaselineLife Bread

Exhibition Synopsis

2009-04-01T22:09:00.000-07:00

By Robin BeckhamLee Kit has an attachment to things. Not particular objects that can be picked up, washed, sullied, felt, or lost, but rather the categories of existence that provide for these possibilities. His work is related to their objecthood, and often takes the form of an impersonal romance that initiates and shapes relationships between these errant things.In this exhibition, Someone

Someone Singing and Calling Your Name

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Solo exhibition at Osage Soho, 2009 Exhibition SynopsisInstallation viewWorks

Scratching the table surface

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2006-09Acrylic on wood, photo document, postcardDimension variableI've made a wooden table and I keep scratching it by my fingers to make a hole on it.

Pretending to work

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2009Photo documentI went to my friend's design company for one day, pretended that I need to work as his assistance. Actually I spent whole day browsing Facebook, pretending checking e-mail and sleeping. Sometimes I walked away to smoke. At 5:00p.m., I said bye to everyone in office and left.

Hand-painted cloth used in The Shop

2009-04-01T12:16:00.000-07:00

2008-09The hand-painted cloth box sets are firstly used in The Shop, Beijing as tablecloth. People working in The Shop decide which cloth to be used and in which ways the cloth are used, according to the constant change of setting in The Shop. After a period of time, a postcard-size photo document will be included in the box set. The box sets are somehow about some suggestions on daily life, in a

A room with a bathroom and something more - installation view

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A room with a bathroom and something more

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2009Room setting540 x 270 x 220cmInstallation viewWorksContemplating the process of making pillowsFilling up an ashtrayPretending to workScratching the table surfaceTyping Keyboard

Hand-painted cloth used to clean the windows in Kimusa Building, Seoul

2009-04-01T12:14:00.000-07:00

2009Acrylic on fabric, stitching, photo documentPhoto: Chio Sul Hee

Hand-painted cloth used to wiping floor

2009-04-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

2009Acrylic on fabric, photo document

'In purity, I silently reach for you.'

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2011 Cardboard paintings, readymade objects, public washroom setting 20 square meters SHcontemporary 2011, Shanghai back

'How to set up an apartment for Johnny?'

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Art Statements, Art Basel 42, Switzerland, July, 2011 Some thoughts back

'1, 2, 3, 4...'

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Lombard Freid Projects, New York 23/3 - 30/4/2011 back

'How to set up an apartment for Johnny?'

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Some thoughts Moving house and looking for a house: a new home always feels like a hotel once you move in, it feels temporary but intimate. Somehow you don’t know when you need to move out. But you need to settle down, and construct your life there, because a lot of things are happening outside. It’s like a hotel room because there’s no/very limited constructed wall/structure. Al most like an

An interview by Miss Petra Chan (Excerpt)

2009-04-01T08:18:00.000-07:00

2008 Video, old TV set, 5 min I pretended that someone called Petra Chan interviewed me. Her questions sounded serious and she asked me in a very loud and bitchy voice. I answered her seriously but my voice was almost muted. Actually this interview never happens.

Hand-painted cloth used as wiper in pantry

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2009Acrylic on fabric, photo document

Picnic with friends and hand-painted cloth in Beijing

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2009 Acrylic on fabric, photo document

Nivea:

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2009Nivea hand-creamI wipe the hand-cream on part of the window. The hand-cream gradually turns into transparent under the sunlight.

'You know it's true.' (to Chi and Doris)

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2009Korean Pin Ku Lei ice-cream plastic bottleAfter I ate the ice-cream, I put the cover of the bottle into the plastic bottle.

Natural Mineral Water

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2009Colour pencil on found cardboard, natural mineral water

Sunkist

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2009Sunkist orange juice bottle, photograph

Lifetime: (If it stops, please turn the cassette tape and then press 'play'.)

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2009Found table, cassette and cassette recorder

Like being at Home (Please sweep the floor if you think it's too dusty.)

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2009Sweeper, photograph

Event/setting

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Hand-painted cloth

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Works

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Stories Cardboard Paintings Hand-painted cloth Event/Setting Pillows Daily activities Video Cassette/Sound recording Other

One Degree of Separation

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Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester9 Oct - 9 Jan 2009

(It was November, October, January.)

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(It was November, October, January)

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In Platform 2009Kimusa site, Artsonje Center, Seoul3 - 25 Sept, 2009Installation viewworksHand-painted cloth as bed sheetHand-painted cloth as window curtainHand-painted cloth as tableclothHand-painted cloth used in pantryCleaning windowCleaning window in Kimusa

Collaboration with ArtAsiaPacific

2009-03-31T22:55:00.000-07:00

May, 2009 Hong Kong International Art FairI exhibied four untitled hand-painted tablecloths that cover the tables at ArtAsiaPacific’s booth at Art HK 09. At first glance, the works look like minimalist paintings – some are painted in muted pastel colors in a checkered or striped pattern and others with English text. While serving as actual tablecloths during Art HK 09, the fabric will slowly “

'How far can I run away from you in 2 seconds?'

2009-03-31T22:54:00.000-07:00

2009Photo document, posterI used my work 'How far can I run away from you in 2 seconds?' as the images of fake posters of ArtAsiaPacific. They were put on the wall of AAP's booth in Art HK 09. Actually, my works never being used as the cover of AAP.

Portrait of Self Exile

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April, 2009, The Shop, Beijing'We already lost too many interests.'Performance at the openingI kept making and drinking coffee during the 4-hour long opening. People were free to join in. I used the hand-painted cloth as table cloth, played a cassette which recorded songs & sound from my studio in HK and also played one of my video work 'Filling up an ashtray.'An interview by Hu Fang about the

Friends of the Divided Mind

2009-03-31T22:50:00.000-07:00

18-29 March, 2009 Royal College of Arthttp://www.cca.rca.ac.uk/friendsofthedividedmind/In ULU Contemporary Art, one part of this exhibition, I contributed 2 sets of commission works for this imaginary contemporary art institution.Hand-painted cloth box setSongs and sound from a studio

Hand-painted cloth box set

2009-03-31T22:49:00.000-07:00

2008-09 Acrylic on fabric, painted wooden box, some with photo documentCommission works for The Shop, a project by Vitamin Creative SpaceThe hand-painted cloth box sets are firstly used in The Shop, Beijing as tablecloth. People working in The Shop decide which cloth to be used and in which ways the cloth are used, according to the constant change of setting in The Shop. After a period of time, a

Hand-painted cloth used as window curtain

2009-03-31T22:48:00.000-07:00

2008 - 09 Acrylic on fabric, photo documentFriends of the Divided Mind, Royal College of Art

Hand-painted cloth as wall decoration

2009-03-31T22:47:00.000-07:00

2008-09Acrylic on fabric, photo documentFriends of the Divided Mind, Royal College of Art

Hand-painted cloth used as wiper to clean the floor and table.

2009-03-31T22:46:00.001-07:00

2009Acrylic on fabric, photo documentFriends of the Divided Mind, Royal College of ArtI used the one of the hand-painted in the box sets to clean the tables and part of the floor of ULU Contemporary Art. Then I hanged the used cloth on the shelf. The curators printed the photo document and stuck on the office wall of ULU.

Hand-painted cloth as table cloth.

2009-03-31T22:46:00.000-07:00

2008-09Acrylic on fabric, photo documentFriends of the Divided Mind, Royal College of Art

Hand-painted cloth box set

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2008-09 Acrylic on fabric, painted wooden box

in 'Some Rooms'

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March - May 2009, Osage ShanghaiInclude hand-painted cloth I used in my living place, 2 videos of making and drinking coffee, and a cassette recorded songs and sound I played and made in my studio. I brought the used cloth from my daily life to an exhibition space. The sound recorded in the video and cassette played as an ambiance of someone's daily life.works

As picnic cloth

2009-03-31T11:02:00.000-07:00

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Songs and sound from a studio

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2009 Cassette, portable cassette recorder, handmade paper bag (5 editions) I recorded sounds I made/produced in my studio (bathing, cooking, walking, etc) with a cassette recorder. As I usually play music in CD player in my studio, it is also recorded in the cassette. It can only be played with the same cassette recorder/player. The AM quality cassette recording documented fragments of my daily

2009 event/setting

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Someone Singing and Calling Your Name at Osage Soho, Hong Kong A room with a bath room and something more at HK Museum of Art Collaboration with ArtAsiaPacific at HK Art Fair 2009 'We already lost too many interests.' at The Shop, Beijing

Something on 'I'm missing someone...'

2009-01-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

lee kit 李 傑

Review by Anthony Yung

News

Cardboard paintings

Story six: John lives with his family in a city. Every morning before leaving his apartment, he keeps asking himself when he’s washing his face, ‘how can I disappear completely?’

Story five: This is Mary’s handkerchief. She kept it like a precious thing. One day, she was found dead, naked with another handkerchief stuck in her month, in the garden where she used to air this handkerchief.

Story four: I don’t know where Johnny lives but seems that he has a happy family. I imagine his wife, or ex-wife, once asked him, ‘Johnny, don’t point that gun at me.’

Story three: Mary and Linda, born in Japan and currently live in the States. One day they went picnic with friends, including Peter. Three of them enjoyed it so much and since then, they live happy ever after.

Description

Stories

Filling up an ashtray

Video

Life Bread

Nivea

Vaseline

Johnson's

'Well, that's just a chill.'

'Watching Soaps (I can't recall the day that I last heard from you.)'

Sing anyone of them, or all of them

Fragments (Love songs)

Installation View

Works

Exhibition Synopsis

Someone Singing and Calling Your Name

Scratching the table surface

Pretending to work

Hand-painted cloth used in The Shop

A room with a bathroom and something more - installation view

A room with a bathroom and something more

Hand-painted cloth used to clean the windows in Kimusa Building, Seoul

Hand-painted cloth used to wiping floor

'In purity, I silently reach for you.'

'How to set up an apartment for Johnny?'

'1, 2, 3, 4...'

'How to set up an apartment for Johnny?'

An interview by Miss Petra Chan (Excerpt)

Hand-painted cloth used as wiper in pantry

Picnic with friends and hand-painted cloth in Beijing

Nivea:

'You know it's true.' (to Chi and Doris)

Natural Mineral Water

Sunkist

Lifetime: (If it stops, please turn the cassette tape and then press 'play'.)

Like being at Home (Please sweep the floor if you think it's too dusty.)

Event/setting

Hand-painted cloth

Works

One Degree of Separation

(It was November, October, January.)

(It was November, October, January)

Collaboration with ArtAsiaPacific

'How far can I run away from you in 2 seconds?'

Portrait of Self Exile

Friends of the Divided Mind

Hand-painted cloth box set

Hand-painted cloth used as window curtain

Hand-painted cloth as wall decoration

Hand-painted cloth used as wiper to clean the floor and table.

Hand-painted cloth as table cloth.

Hand-painted cloth box set

in 'Some Rooms'

As picnic cloth

Songs and sound from a studio

2009 event/setting

Something on 'I'm missing someone...'

lee kit 李傑