As Ilmin Museum of Art has focused on collected works about visual distinct of the city, Seoul, Lee Duegyoung's new solo exhibition 'Park, Hangang' will be exhibited.

Duegyoung Lee has announced 'Hangang project 1', taking photos of 69 convenience stores in 2006, and then 'Hangang project 2', photos of 25 bridges hangang from a helicopter, and 'Teheran', photos of Teheran district, are exhibited after. In 2010, he exhibited 'Two Faces', a view of southern and northern parts of the bridges from a boat.

This exhibition focuses on a night version of 'Two Faces'. His works lead a landscape with long breath and a wide perspective, being away from a fragmentary memory. A group of photo reflects on our lives, an icon of the time.

The new works in this time are 'park' series, taken in the amusement park in Korea. At the beginning, he tried to approach to the artificial park as paradise. It was expected to catch a transforming park would be another approach to a symbol of the modern society, but since there is restriction, he had to take photos of one park, Everland only.

In 2011, the whole view of Everland makes us think about paradise or ever. It is not that far away, but in a hand. Lee's works are completed through a difficult process, such as long flying, taking photos according to searching coordinate, etc. Overcome difficulties make a wide view of surroundings and provide a familiar but strange experience as aesthetic record. And to visual culture researchers, it gives an issue of active discussion.
Tae Ryeong KIM / Director of Ilmin Museum of Art

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37°17'37.07"N 127°12'6.63"E, 2013
Pigment print, mounted on Plexiglas
230x100cm 4pieces