![Painting, Emotional color field 2, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025889_1_grid.jpg)
Presentation
Kyong Lee is a Korean abstract artist whose work reconciles physical and emotional realities through a multi-disciplined exploration of color, material, process and form. She lives and works in Seoul, Korea.
Lee is dedicated to precision in her processes. She meticulously plans her color choices and dedicates a fixed amount of time to the mixing of each color. To create her gradated color paintings, she first layers tape in strips across the surfaces. Each layer of paint is applied over a fixed time span and allowed to rest for another fixed amount of time. This is a process of building up, layering, accumulating. The gradations express relationships between colors and moments. Some of her paintings feature text. For these works, Lee embosses the word she has selected for the piece into the surface first then applies a monochromatic hue that correlates to, and collaborates with, the chosen word. The color occupies the word and fills all of the space around it. For Lee, process is poetic, and essential to the meaning of the work.
In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surroundings. Color is her primary visual language. For her, color is not only self-referential. Color also relates to emotional states. It is a way of expressing feeling, of projecting thoughts, and of evoking the natural processes of life. Lee is inspired by the flow of time and the layering of experiences. She contemplates memory and the ways her vision of the past changes with the accumulation of time. She is also interested in automatism. Through unconscious processes she has made connections between different ways of communicating, such as associating specific words with particular hues in her Color as Adjective series. Additionally, Lee is concerned with the tilt of the planet on its axis. Earth is tilted at 23.5 degrees, a condition which causes us to experience the seasons in the way that we do. Lee wonders if there is a correlation here between our false assumption that we are standing horizontally and other assumptions we make, such as our assumptions about, as she says, “the horizon of emotions."
Work by Lee Kyong has been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in Korea and Germany. Recent solo exhibitions include Color as Adjective II in Chonan, South Korea, and Feeling, Language and Color in Seoul.
Work by Lee is in multiple public and institutional collections, including that of the Seoul Museum of Art, the Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Bank, Seoul, Korea.
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![Painting, Emotional Color Change 20, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985511_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Change 20
Kyong Lee
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 0 inch
$2,118
![Painting, Eckige Masse 95, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/906336_1_grid.jpg)
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Emotional Color Change 19
Kyong Lee
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 0 inch
$2,118
![Painting, Emotional Color Change 6, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985502_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Change 6
Kyong Lee
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 0 inch
$2,118
![Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 8 (Sky Blue), Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752558_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 8 (Sky Blue)
Kyong Lee
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,192
![Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 7 (Pink), Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752555_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 7 (Pink)
Kyong Lee
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,192
![Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 6 (Grey), Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752552_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 6 (Grey)
Kyong Lee
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,192
![Painting, Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 5 (Blue), Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752537_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For Color As Adjective-noun 5 (Blue)
Kyong Lee
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,192
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Vertical Configurations For Horizontal 14, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752504_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Vertical Configurations For Horizontal 14
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Vertical Configurations For Horizontal 13, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752501_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Vertical Configurations For Horizontal 13
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 24, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752498_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 24
Kyong Lee
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 22, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752495_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 22
Kyong Lee
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 15, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752492_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 15
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 11, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752489_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 11
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 9, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752486_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 9
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 8, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752483_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 8
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 6, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752468_1_grid.jpg)
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 6
Kyong Lee
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,125
![Painting, Record of Undefined Color 28, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207851_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Record of Undefined Color 25, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207845_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 135, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/906378_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eckige Masse 045, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/521522_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eckige Masse 061, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/518909_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 092, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/518882_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 098, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/518864_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 56 – Spring, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 170, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981572_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Chart 170
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Perfect coincidence 7, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138707_1_grid.jpg)
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Emotional Color Chart 178
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 176, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981578_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Chart 176
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 164, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981569_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Chart 164
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Perfect coincidence 20, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138721_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perfect Coincidence 19, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138717_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perfect coincidence 12, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138710_1_grid.jpg)
Perfect coincidence 12
Kyong Lee
Painting - 33.4 x 21.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.1 x 8.4 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Perfect Coincidence 16, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138713_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perfect Coincidence 8, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138708_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 198, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138700_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional color chart 198
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Perfect coincidence 4, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 184, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138699_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional color chart 184
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 161, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752525_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Chart 161
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 156, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752522_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Chart 156
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Emotional Color Chart 153, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1752513_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Chart 153
Kyong Lee
Painting - 70 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$993
![Painting, Dr eckige masse 136, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355139_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dr eckige masse 131, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355130_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 150, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207776_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color chart 149, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207770_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Record of Undefined Color 30, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207860_1_grid.jpg)
Record of Undefined Color 30
Kyong Lee
Painting - 130.3 x 162 cm Painting - 51.3 x 63.8 inch
$17,874
![Painting, Emotional Color Change 17, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985523_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Change 17
Kyong Lee
Painting - 91 x 72.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.6 x 0 inch
$5,097
![Painting, Emotional color chart 01-spring, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/586947_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional color chart 01-spring
Kyong Lee
Painting - 72.7 x 91 cm Painting - 28.6 x 35.8 inch
$5,296
![Painting, Prayed for 02, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/426510_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color change 34, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138702_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional color change 34
Kyong Lee
Painting - 117 x 80.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 46.1 x 31.6 x 0 inch
$8,209
![Painting, Emotional Color Change 14, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985514_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Change 14
Kyong Lee
Painting - 72.7 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 28.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$6,752
![Painting, Emotional Color Field 8, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985499_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Field 8
Kyong Lee
Painting - 180 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 70.9 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$13,240
![Painting, Emotional Color Field 6, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985481_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Field 6
Kyong Lee
Painting - 180 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 70.9 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$13,240
![Painting, Emotional Color Change 24, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985526_1_grid.jpg)
Emotional Color Change 24
Kyong Lee
Painting - 117 x 80.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 46.1 x 31.6 x 0 inch
$8,407
![Painting, Record of Undefied Color 34, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207893_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Record of Undefined Color 33, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207878_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Record of Undefined Color 32, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Record of Undefined Color 23, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207839_1_grid.jpg)
Record of Undefined Color 23
Kyong Lee
Painting - 130.3 x 194 cm Painting - 51.3 x 76.4 inch
$21,184