Kang Seung Lee

Kang Seung Lee

BornNationalityBased In
1978American/South KoreanSeoul, Los Angeles
Biography

Kang Seung Lee’s practice seeks both to illuminate and to create new critical, cross-cultural queer histories. Born in South Korea but having lived in Latin America and the Middle East, Seung Lee is concerned with excavating material – such as artworks, artefacts and publications, from public and private archives, for example libraries, museums and private collections – that sheds light on non-Western marginalised experiences and suppressed histories. Through the artist’s meticulous process of research, hidden narratives and personal accounts, divergent with hegemonic and linear histories, begin to emerge. Expressing his findings with graphite pencil, paintings on transformed canvases, garments, ceramics, film footage and Polaroid images, Kang Seung Lee sees these alternative, counter-narratives as dictating strategies and tactics for the liberation of marginalised peoples. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 4, 1976)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 4, 1976), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 3, 1975)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 3, 1975), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Kamakura, Japan (Buddha), 1988)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Kamakura, Japan (Buddha), 1988), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Lake Moraine,Canada_Canoe Mountain, Alberta, 1986)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Lake Moraine,Canada_Canoe Mountain, Alberta, 1986), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Feet, 1988)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Feet, 1988), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Hand, 1988)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Hand, 1988), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz in Bed, 1983)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz in Bed, 1983), 2020
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Buffalo), 1988-89)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Buffalo), 1988-89), 2020
98 x 123 x 5cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 2), 1980)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 2), 1980), 2020
20 x 14cm
Untitled (VISITOR, SLUTFORART, PERMANENT VISITOR)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (VISITOR, SLUTFORART, PERMANENT VISITOR), 2021
56 x 98 x 3cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Bordeaux, France, 1985)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Bordeaux, France, 1985), 2021
51 x 51 x 4cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985), 2021
51 x 51 x 4cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi wearing a “SLUTFORART” t-shirt)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi wearing a “SLUTFORART” t-shirt), 2021
24 x 20cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Younger Sister, Older Brother, 1980s)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Younger Sister, Older Brother, 1980s), 2021
19 x 16cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 1), 1980)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 1), 1980), 2020
19 x 14cm
Untitled (List)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (List), 2018
353.06 x 363.22 x 91.44cm
Untitled (Goh Choo San 2)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Goh Choo San 2), 2018
34.29 x 41.91 x 3.81cm
Untitled (Goh Choo San 2)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Goh Choo San 2), 2018
34.29 x 41.91 x 3.81cm
Untitled (Leonard Fink_Pier 48 Interior_1980)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Leonard Fink_Pier 48 Interior_1980), 2016
419 x 297cm
Untitled (Martin Wong by Peter Bellamy_1985)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Martin Wong by Peter Bellamy_1985), 2016
31.75 x 27.94cm
Untitled (Peter Hujar_Blanket on a chair_1983)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Peter Hujar_Blanket on a chair_1983), 2016
85.09 x 91.44 x 81.28cm
Untitled (William Yang_The Morning After_1976)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (William Yang_The Morning After_1976), 2016
366 x 244cm
Untitled (Owner of Payless Market throws a bucket of water on the flames at neighboring business Ace Glass)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Owner of Payless Market throws a bucket of water on the flames at neighboring business Ace Glass), 2017
29.21 x 36.83cm
Untitled (This is for Rodney King)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (This is for Rodney King), 2017
30.48 x 36.83cm
Untitled (Sorry we’re empty)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Sorry we’re empty), 2017
30.48 x 36.83cm
Untitled (A woman runs out of store)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (A woman runs out of store), 2017
31.12 x 38.1cm
100
Kang Seung Lee
100, 2015
172.72 x 172.72 x 5.08cm
and Child (Cat. 131)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 131), 2015
35.56 x 25.4cm
and Child (Cat. D105, D106, D109, D111, D112, D119, D120, D122, D124, D128, D136, D149, D184)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. D105, D106, D109, D111, D112, D119, D120, D122, D124, D128, D136, D149, D184), 2015
131.44 x 121.92cm
and Child (Cat. 470)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 470), 2015
20.32 x 19.68cm
and Child (Cat. 701, 719, 815, 885, 977)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 701, 719, 815, 885, 977), 2015
76.2 x 100.96cm
and Child (Cat. 1006, 1384)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 1006, 1384), 2015
49.53 x 31.75cm
and Child (Cat. 1297)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 1297), 2016
24.13 x 20.32cm
and Child (Cat. 1531)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 1531), 2015
58.42 x 60.96cm
and Child (Cat. 1671)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. 1671), 2016
31.75 x 21.59cm
and Child (Cat. D1, D5, D6, D8, D9)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. D1, D5, D6, D8, D9), 2015
77.47 x 76.2cm
and Child (Cat. D11, D12, D13, D20)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. D11, D12, D13, D20), 2015
54.61 x 76.2cm
and Child (Cat. D34, D38, D39, D43, D47, D48, D56, D57)
Kang Seung Lee
and Child (Cat. D34, D38, D39, D43, D47, D48, D56, D57), 2015
76.2 x 130.81cm
List
Untitled (Juan Dubose, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Keith Haring, with drawings by Keith Haring on the original photograph by Tseng Kwong Chi)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Juan Dubose, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Keith Haring, with drawings by Keith Haring on the original photograph by Tseng Kwong Chi), 2021
51 x 51 x 4cm
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Keith Haring in front of a subway drawing, 1980s)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Keith Haring in front of a subway drawing, 1980s), 2020
21 x 15cm
Untitled (SLUTFORART)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (SLUTFORART), 2021
124 x 135 x 6cm
Untitled (Small, Quiet Things)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Small, Quiet Things), 2023
124 x 82cm
Untitled (Elysian)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Elysian), 2023
109 x 81cm
Untitled (Put Badly, Gi Hyeong-do)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Put Badly, Gi Hyeong-do), 2022
177 x 59cm
Untitled
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled, 2024
235 x 34 x 1cm
Untitled (Goh Choo San 3)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Goh Choo San 3), 2024
34 x 42 x 4cm
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar’s Hand, )
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar’s Hand, ), 1988
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hall, Canal Street Pier, )
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hall, Canal Street Pier, ), 1983
41 x 41 x 4cm
Untitled (Chairs)
Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Chairs), 2023
170 x 164 x 7cm
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