Lee Yoon-jean’s tightly-cropped images of normal household objects are surrounded with great tension. Schooled at the famous Düsseldorf Academy of Art, she was mentored by Bernd and Hilla Becher, followed by Thomas Ruff. Their influence on her work is evident.
From Deutsche Börse Group’s site:
Yoon Jean Lee’s photos are sober and matter of fact; her approach is systematic; she takes photographs in series. Her shots are still lifes devoid of any pretensions and make their mark on us by their sheer size. And they amuse us, as the exaggeration of the ostensibly banal makes the images somehow bizarre, and yet infuses them with a touch of irony.
[all images © Lee Yoon-jean]
