Lee Bul, Untitled (Cravings White) 1988, reconstructed 2011. Tate. © Lee Bul.

Lee Bul

Lee Bul, Untitled (Cravings White)  1988, reconstructed 2011

This is the reconstruction of a sculptural body-costume worn by the artist during her ‘Cravings’ performance at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul in 1989. Hidden microphones amplified the sound of her movements. Lee recalled that her ‘performances were a natural extension of my sculptural concerns’. She has continued to make sculptures, whose monstrous forms deconstruct ideals of the female body. In reconstructing Untitled (Cravings White) long after the original was lost in a studio flood, she reinforced the links between her sculptures and performances.

Gallery label, July 2015

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Lee Bul, Cravings  1989

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Lee Bul, Sorry for suffering – You think I’m a puppy on a picnic?  1990

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T13992: Untitled (Cravings White)
Lee Bul Untitled (Cravings White) 1988, reconstructed 2011

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Lee Bul Cravings 1989

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Lee Bul Sorry for suffering – You think I’m a puppy on a picnic? 1990