Artist Jung Ho Lee

Lee currently uses burlap, which is cut into small pieces and shaped into numerous geometric shapes while maintaining a similar size. These pieces are then combined and dried using a mixture of water-based medium and sawdust, further reinforcing the organic quality of the surface. The dried burlap pieces are then collaged onto the canvas. Initially, the act of repetitively collaging similar burlap pieces may seem limiting. But as pieces combine, the collective form opens the door to the diversity of shapes. As a collection of words becomes sentences and sentences become a book, the aggregation of Lee’s burlap pieces, too, changes into a beautiful harmony, forming an endless orchestration of “fracture.”