Seung-Taek Lee

Korean | 1932

Seung-Taek Lee is a Korean Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1932. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art have featured Seung-Taek Lee's work in the past.Seung-Taek Lee's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 14,956 USD to 88,286 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2018 the record price for this artist at auction is 88,286 USD for Untitled, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2022. Seung-Taek Lee has been featured in articles for WHITEWALL, The Art Newspaper and The New York Times. The most recent article is Frieze New York Brings a Rich, Cross-Cultural Mix written for ArtDaily in May 2024.

Artist's alternative names: Lee Seung-taek

At Auction

Notable Lots

UNTITLED ,1968

By Seung-Taek Lee

Tied Stone ,1972

By Seung-Taek Lee

+89%

above mid-estimate

UNTITLED ,1968

By Seung-Taek Lee

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled

By Seung-Taek Lee

+98%

above mid-estimate

Christie's Hong Kong

Tied Stone ,1972

By Seung-Taek Lee

+89%

above mid-estimate

Phillips London

Tied Stone ,1984

By Seung-Taek Lee

+131%

above mid-estimate

Phillips London

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Past Exhibitions

Lineages: Korean Art at The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Nov 07,2023 - Oct 20,2024

For What It’s Worth: Value Systems in Art since 1960

The Warehouse

Dallas | Texas | USA

Feb 02,2024 - Jun 29,2024

Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Hammer Museum

Westwood | Los Angeles | California | USA

Feb 11,2024 - May 12,2024

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Articles

Frieze New York Brings a Rich, Cross-Cultural Mix

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Coverage

“ ..Although formally trained as a sculptor, Lee is best known for his practice of negation, which he has alternatively conceptualised as ‘non-sculpture’, ‘non-material’ or ‘anti-concept’... ”
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White Cube, London (Mason's Yard)

“ ..Beginning in the late 1960s, Lee turned to the representation of immaterial phenomena in nature such as wind, fire, water, smoke, and fog... ”
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Lévy Gorvy, New York

“ ..Dating from the late 1970s and early 1980s, these pieces treat paper as a sculptural medium, manipulating its surface through a succession of presses and folds that produce fleeting plays of light and... ”
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Lévy Gorvy, New York

“ .. Spanning several decades, Lee’s multifarious oeuvre privileges no single medium or style, often incorporating aspects of painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and performance within the same work... ”
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White Cube, London (Mason's Yard)

“ ..Lee’s first comprehensive solo exhibition in the UK brought together works from the 1960s until the present day, revealing his particular sensitivity towards materiality and cultural specificity... ”
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White Cube, London (Mason's Yard)