BIENNALE IMAGES VEVEY 2024
(DIS)CONNECTED
7 - 29 September 2024
Vevey, Switzerland
LOVE
Facade Energiapro / OUTDOOR
Exhibition layout and design by Images Vevey and the artist with the support of Energiapro SA
Jung Lee is known for her photographs of neon text installations set in the various landscapes of South Korea. Contrasting sentimental statements with austere locations, she creates emotionally charged messages. Inspired by Roland Barthes’ 1977 essay Fragments amoureux (A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments), the artist analyses the intense state of unanswered desire, which symbolises total love for a lover and plunges him or her into deep loneliness. These conventional expressions of love and loathing become powerful proclamations. With LOVE, Lee pays homage to the famous artist Robert Indiana. This word dominates the setting as an iconic and idealised presence. The monumental installation sensitively explores this essential and universal sentiment.
Exhibited Works
LOVE #1, 2019, From the Series ‘Aporia’, C-type Print, 160 × 200 cm
You Stole My Heart Away, 2017, From the Series ‘Aporia’, C-type Print, 160 × 200 cm
I Am Lost In You, 2017, From the Series ‘Aporia’, C-type Print, 160 × 200 cm
Why? #3, 2016, From the Series ‘Aporia’, C-type Print, 144 × 180 cm
The End, 2010, From the Series ‘Aporia’, C-type Print, 100 × 125 cm
