Pace Gallery is pleased to present solo exhibition by Korean artist Lee Kun-Yong, one of the foremost early champions of performance art in Korea.

Throughout his multidisciplinary, process-based practice, Lee Kun-yong maintains a conceptual commitment to capturing the body’s movement through space. Lee, who is widely considered one of the fathers of Korean performance art, prioritizes concept over finished product throughout his paintings, performances, videos, sculptures, and installations. In his series “The Method of Drawing,” for example, he “performs” the act of gestural drawing in front of an audience. For Snail’s Gallop (1979/2017), he turned his body into an instrument, squatting on the floor and making marks as he moved forward. Lee helped establish two collectives in the mid–20th century: the Avant-Garde Group and the Space and Time Group.

Gallery address: 12/F, H Queen’s, Central