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 LeeUntitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 4, 1976), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 3, 1975)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Peter Hujar, Hudson River 3, 1975), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Kamakura, Japan (Buddha), 1988)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Kamakura, Japan (Buddha), 1988), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Lake Moraine,Canada_Canoe Mountain, Alberta, 1986)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Lake Moraine,Canada_Canoe Mountain, Alberta, 1986), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Feet, 1988)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Feet, 1988), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Hand, 1988)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar's Hand, 1988), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz in Bed, 1983)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz in Bed, 1983), 202041 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Buffalo), 1988-89)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Buffalo), 1988-89), 202098 x 123 x 5cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 2), 1980)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 2), 1980), 202020 x 14cmPrice on Request
Untitled (VISITOR, SLUTFORART, PERMANENT VISITOR)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (VISITOR, SLUTFORART, PERMANENT VISITOR), 202156 x 98 x 3cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Bordeaux, France, 1985)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Bordeaux, France, 1985), 202151 x 51 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985), 202151 x 51 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi wearing a “SLUTFORART” t-shirt)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi wearing a “SLUTFORART” t-shirt), 202124 x 20cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Younger Sister, Older Brother, 1980s)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Younger Sister, Older Brother, 1980s), 202119 x 16cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 1), 1980)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Untitled (Shawn McQuate 1), 1980), 202019 x 14cmPrice on Request
Untitled (List)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (List), 2018353.06 x 363.22 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Goh Choo San 2)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Goh Choo San 2), 201834.29 x 41.91 x 3.81cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Goh Choo San 2)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Goh Choo San 2), 201834.29 x 41.91 x 3.81cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Leonard Fink_Pier 48 Interior_1980)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Leonard Fink_Pier 48 Interior_1980), 2016419 x 297cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Martin Wong by Peter Bellamy_1985)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Martin Wong by Peter Bellamy_1985), 201631.75 x 27.94cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Peter Hujar_Blanket on a chair_1983)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Peter Hujar_Blanket on a chair_1983), 201685.09 x 91.44 x 81.28cmPrice on Request
Untitled (William Yang_The Morning After_1976)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (William Yang_The Morning After_1976), 2016366 x 244cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Owner of Payless Market throws a bucket of water on the flames at neighboring business Ace...
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Owner of Payless Market throws a bucket of water on the flames at neighboring business Ace Glass), 201729.21 x 36.83cmPrice on Request
Untitled (This is for Rodney King)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (This is for Rodney King), 201730.48 x 36.83cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Sorry we’re empty)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Sorry we’re empty), 201730.48 x 36.83cmPrice on Request
Untitled (A woman runs out of store)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (A woman runs out of store), 201731.12 x 38.1cmPrice on Request
100
Kang Seung Lee100, 2015172.72 x 172.72 x 5.08cmPrice on Request
5’ 1”
Kang Seung Lee5’ 1”, 2016Price on Request
and Child (Cat. 131)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 131), 201535.56 x 25.4cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. D105, D106, D109, D111, D112, D119, D120, D122, D124, D128, D136, D149, D184)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. D105, D106, D109, D111, D112, D119, D120, D122, D124, D128, D136, D149, D184), 2015131.44 x 121.92cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. 470)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 470), 201520.32 x 19.68cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. 701, 719, 815, 885, 977)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 701, 719, 815, 885, 977), 201576.2 x 100.96cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. 1006, 1384)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 1006, 1384), 201549.53 x 31.75cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. 1297)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 1297), 201624.13 x 20.32cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. 1531)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 1531), 201558.42 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. 1671)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. 1671), 201631.75 x 21.59cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. D1, D5, D6, D8, D9)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. D1, D5, D6, D8, D9), 201577.47 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. D11, D12, D13, D20)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. D11, D12, D13, D20), 201554.61 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
and Child (Cat. D34, D38, D39, D43, D47, D48, D56, D57)
Kang Seung Leeand Child (Cat. D34, D38, D39, D43, D47, D48, D56, D57), 201576.2 x 130.81cmPrice on Request
List
Kang Seung LeeList, 201688.9 x 63.5cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Juan Dubose, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Keith Haring, with drawings by Keith Haring on the origi...
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Juan Dubose, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Keith Haring, with drawings by Keith Haring on the original photograph by Tseng Kwong Chi), 202151 x 51 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Keith Haring in front of a subway drawing, 1980s)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Keith Haring in front of a subway drawing, 1980s), 202021 x 15cmPrice on Request
Untitled (SLUTFORART)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (SLUTFORART), 2021124 x 135 x 6cmPrice on Request
Skin
Kang Seung LeeSkin, 2021Price on Request
Untitled (Small, Quiet Things)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Small, Quiet Things), 2023124 x 82cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Elysian)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Elysian), 2023109 x 81cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Put Badly, Gi Hyeong-do)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Put Badly, Gi Hyeong-do), 2022177 x 59cmPrice on Request
Untitled
Kang Seung LeeUntitled, 2024235 x 34 x 1cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Goh Choo San 3)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Goh Choo San 3), 202434 x 42 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar’s Hand, )
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar’s Hand, ), 198841 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Peter Hujar, Hall, Canal Street Pier, )
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Peter Hujar, Hall, Canal Street Pier, ), 198341 x 41 x 4cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Chairs)
Kang Seung LeeUntitled (Chairs), 2023170 x 164 x 7cmPrice on Request
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