James S. Lee: Recent Episodes
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- Himalayan Salt Scalp Shampoo by GOOP, Himalayan Salt Scalp Shampoo by GOOP,kids glue, 2022
Presented on a coffee table as part of the exhibition “Between Forms” in our apartment in Tromsø, Norway
- Fluid and Expansive Desires, pulped copies of EL James’s erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, food colouring, acrylic, 2019
Exhibited here by my bed, as part of the group show “Between Forms” in our apartment in Tromsø, Norway.
Terrestrial Object no.1: Rehydrated clay (2020) Terrestrial Object no.2: Clay, P.V.A, charcoal, Mediterriano premium cold pressed extra virgin olive oil (2020) Terrestrial Object no.3: Dried out clay rehydrated in water (2020) Terrestrial Object no.4: Clay, P.V.A, Survival blanket, rainwater (2020) Water Carrier: Clay, GOOP “Martini” emotional detox bath soak, survival blanket, P.V.A, rain water (2020) This […]
Presented as part of the exhibition ‘The Space Between Us’ at my apartment in 2019. It was presented inside a washing machine beside the door that people left and came in through. It’s the intros/ outros from Nirvana’s album ‘Live and Loud’. Related to the conceptual schema delineated here: https://jamesstewartlee.com/2018/11/24/by-the-muddy-banks-of-wishkaw/
‘Celestial Object no.3’, Protein Shake Powder, water, P.V.A (2019) Object presented in my chimney stove, on occasion of a flat exhibition at my apartment.
Fluid and Expansive Desires. EL James’s Fifty Shades of Grey, food colouring, acrylic. 114 cm diameter (201)
Tromso Bergkunstforening, high dosage cognitive enhancement pills (nootropics) dissolved in water. Used here to draw exhibition goers’ attention to the building’s settlement cracks and potential sites of slow movement, as well as the expressive marks accidentally left from previous exhibitors. Dimensions variable (2019)
‘Failure. Understanding. Care. Kunst’ ( aka F.U.C.K) is an art work and curatorial project initiated by artists and curators James S.Lee and Ruth Aitken. ‘F.U.C.K’ is project based in and out of a caravan in Troms County, Norway. The caravan will host a series of events, exhibitions and performances over the course of 2019. The […]
‘By The Muddy Banks of Wishkaw’, .WAV sound file on a 17 minute loop, (2018) A sound-work made from cutting out and re-mixing the feedback wails of Kurt Cobain’s guitar from before every song on Nirvana’s live album ‘By The Muddy Banks of Wishkaw’ This is a sound-work inspired by an essay entitled […]
‘From Earth to Heaven‘ is a concept album set sometime in the distant future about a factory-made cyborg sex-doll (model name ‘Jacob 1.0’) who becomes sentient after a factory mis-hap. Whilst trying to avoid becoming a casualty of the ongoing inter-planetary war, which oft results in periodical break-outs of fighting on Earth, he simultaneously tries […]