Gap-Chul Lee (Damiani): The Seeker of Korea’s Spirit

Gap-Chul Lee
9788862086868 / 8862086865
Gap-Chul Lee (Damiani)

Gap-Chul Lee (Damiani): The Seeker of Korea’s Spirit

Gap-Chul Lee
9788862086868 / 8862086865
Publisher Damiani 2019
Edition Hardcover , 176 pages
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Korean photographer Gap-Chul Lee (born 1959) creates formidable, intense black-and-white photographs that search for the spirit of Korean culture. Lee approaches his subjects intuitively and directly, without prior aesthetic consideration; he prefers rough cropping to a tidy finish or meticulous compositions, drawing out a chaotic force in his images rather than a harmonious virtual world. Working in this way, Lee looks to capture often-suppressed impulses and a world of shamanism rooted deep in Korea’s collective unconscious. His arresting, mysterious photographs of street scenes and the natural world are marked by a feverish sense of vitality and spirituality. This monograph includes Gap-Chul Lee’s most iconic series, Conflict and Reaction (1990–2002) and Energy-Qi (2002–07), as well as his ongoing projects since 2008. More than half of the book covers the current projects, published here for the first time. The volume coincides with Gap-Chul Lee’s 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Photography in Seoul.

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Book title Gap-Chul Lee (Damiani)
Subtitle The Seeker of Korea’s Spirit
Photographer Gap-Chul Lee
ISBN 10 8862086865 / 88-6208-686-5       
ISBN 13 9788862086868 / 978-88-6208-686-8
Publisher Damiani
Publish year 2019
Book format Hardcover
Language English, Korean
Pages 176 pages
Dimensions 25 x 28 cm / 10 x 11 inches
Weight 1,5 kg

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