{"id":7700,"date":"2023-09-27T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=7700"},"modified":"2024-07-11T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T22:55:52","slug":"apex-steven-young-lee","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/event\/apex-steven-young-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"APEX: Steven Young Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking inspiration from two significant works from the Museum\u2019s Korean collection of 19th-century Joseon dynasty art, Steven Young Lee reconsiders these objects with a contemporary twist. For the APEX exhibition series, Lee visited the Museum this past summer to research objects in the Korean collection and specifically to focus on&nbsp;<em>Dragon Jar<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Tiger and Magpie<\/em>, a common theme in Korean folk painting. At once fascinated by the excellence of these objects, Lee overturns these pristine examples in his own practice\u2014perfection becomes failure, classical motifs become popular characters, and elegance resides with kitsch. They are objects in navigating Lee\u2019s own experience in Korean-American, cross-cultural identity and upbringing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the context of these new bodies of work, Lee will be adding an older installation from 2005, of a pagoda of rabbits. The work stems from Lee\u2019s evolving awareness of his place in the Chinese zodiac: Having first believed himself to be born under the zodiac sign of a rabbit, only to learn in his visits in East Asia that he is really a tiger, Lee turns the imagery into a preoccupation of form\u2014a tower of many taunting rabbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Helena, Montana, Lee has been the resident artist director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. He is represented by the Duane Reed Gallery, Ferrin Contemporary, and The Archie Bray Foundation Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>APEX is an ongoing series of exhibitions of Northwest-based artists, curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, The Arlene and Harold Schntizer Curator of Northwest Art. The APEX exhibition series is supported in part by The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowments for Northwest Art and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns resource-card-image hover-cards is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hover-card is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-disable-lightbox\" data-gallery-name=\"\" data-modal-description=\"\" data-modal-title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" data-full-size=\"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2019_APEX_StevenYoungLee_Brochure-5.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%;\" src=\"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2019_APEX_StevenYoungLee_Brochure-5.jpg\" alt=\"Two vases with purposeful imperfections glazed in different shades of blue\" class=\"wp-image-7703\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibition brochure<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button hover-card__link is-style-download\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2019_APEX_StevenYoungLee_Brochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"opens-in-new-window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Taking inspiration from two significant works from the Museum\u2019s Korean collection of 19th-century Joseon dynasty art, Steven Young Lee reconsiders these objects with a contemporary twist. 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