Anyone who wanders back into the thought of one¡¯s own childhood will come across a memory of a certain place, whether it may be a school yard or some place in the neighborhood, the subjective experience of that memory is what binds us to that place. Lee primarily focuses on location, yet does not exclude time and space. Some details of the memory that has been kept externally are revealed through her artworks. However, due to its imperfect nature, memory of the past is never in a complete state, thus constantly changes in the conscious mind. Space is transformed as the memory of it does well. Through the artworks, the artist tries to breathe in life to the memories that has been transformed and traces it back to the past.

The space that belongs to one¡¯s memory acts as a channel to the past and at the same time becomes meaningful because of the memory. However, as one draws further away from the past, even doubts arise to whether the memory was even once real. Characters and incidents fade away to the dark, like a flickering candle light that is soon to go off. The only proof of its existence lies within the self that is now left on the lonely stage reminiscing it. The ambiguous feeling between reality and dream blurs the borderline of the two and leaves it with an illusion. The artist focuses on the feeling of the faint memory and the place that once might have existed at some point in time, and uses them to begin a walk down the memory lane. In the process of reminiscence, time and space is refined and reconstructed into a form of monotone space using lines and sides that are presented in the controlled manner. The result of it is tidy and simplified patterns of line tapes on canvas illustrating only the partial storyline and colorless reality. Replicated sides, which are made from lines, form a new space of interior structures such as an aisle, stairs, and walls that does not exist in reality. These overlapping and flowing opened spaces stimulates the viewer¡¯s curiosity and constantly makes one¡¯s eyes move. Also, by pasting some disparate material to the canvas, the thickness and the texture of the material plays a role in making the space seem more like a three-dimensional space. As the artist¡¯s early works reflected upon more personal experiences and use of two-dimensional spaces, the latter works focus more on building common grounds with the audience by constructing spaces that can also draw out other¡¯s personal experience and their memory. Furthermore, canvas itself becomes a three dimensional piece thus, having a presence in the present space. Different sizes and height of so many fragmented pieces, representing parts of memory, come together in creating one solid space. Just as memories are disconnected or linked and sometimes get lost into the oblivion, Lee¡¯s created space is hidden or connected and sometimes goes beyond the canvas. Each image is somewhat roughly connected to each other but displayed in a natural way. It taps into artist¡¯s lost emotion and this is a new attempt by the artist in trying to construct a total new dimensional space that jumps back and forth between the past and the present.

Space and time does not stand still even for a moment and is viewed as a flow of spectrum. As time passes and location seems to be vague, our past experiences become reconstructed. Lee creates what seems like a reality through her pieces by filling in the gaps of once existed spaces based on parts of incomplete memories. The parts where the past and the present come together and set up new memory in its place, stimulates the inner emotions of the viewer. Also, condensation of lines and color; extensively toned-down aesthetics opens up a broad range of translation. This exhibition gives a chance to explore one¡¯s own space that goes beyond dimensions, and yet not remote.