Lee Mingwei

Mingwei Lee

ISBN 10: 8836646034 / ISBN 13: 9788836646036

Published by Silvana, IT, 2020

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Lee Mingwei's artistic practice is primarily concerned with rituals of giving and receiving. His solo exhibition presented at Gropius Bau in Berlin, showcases his installations and performances from the last three decades: central to the exhibition is an exploration of art's potential to be a transformative gift. In Lee Mingwei's works immaterial gifts such as song, conversation or contemplation are given and received. For many of his projects the starting point is his personal encounters, which are then transformed into installations. Seeing such experiences as moments in which time is gifted, Lee's projects reveal a fascination for the role of the host.Accordingly, in autumn 2019, the artist put out open calls looking for Berlin-based hosts to participate in several of his projects. In The Living Room hosts are invited to exhibit their unique collections and in The Mending Project the menders host conversations with visitors whilst repairing their damaged items of clothing. These processes create a common space where viewers are given the opportunity to enter into and exchange, and where rituals of care and healing begin to unfold.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lee Mingwei
• Publisher: Silvana, IT
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8836646034
• ISBN 13: 9788836646036
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 490 grams

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Synopsis

Rituals of giving and receiving: three decades of Lee Mingwei’s performative transformations of the everyday

Born in Taiwan in 1964 and currently living in Paris and New York City, Lee Mingwei creates participatory installations where strangers can explore issues of trust, intimacy and self-awareness, and one-on-one events where visitors contemplate these issues with the artist through eating, sleeping, walking and conversation. Lee's projects are often open-ended scenarios for everyday interaction, and may change during the course of an exhibition.

The artist’s solo exhibition at Gropius Bau in Berlin showcases his installations and performances from the last three decades. In fall 2019, the artist put out an open call for Berlin-based hosts to activate several of his projects. Thus, in The Living Room hosts are invited to exhibit their unique collections; in The Mending Project the menders host conversations with visitors whilst repairing their damaged items of clothing.

This catalog is designed as a book block without a bound cover, housed in a transparent jacket.