Mire Lee: Vomit My Blessing

Living structures

With a new series of works, Mire Lee brings movement to the static space of the centuries-old Oude Kerk. She uses materials such as silicone, steel, motors and liquids to create moving, almost living structures. What appears fixed and unchanging is revealed to be fragile and in constant flux. Her work evokes associations with the human body, technology, and the fragile boundary between life and death. Lee’s installations are both sensual and unsettling.

About Mire Lee

Mire Lee (1988, South Korea) is a visual artist known for her raw, organic sculptures and installations. Her work explores themes such as desire, vulnerability, impermanence and transformation. Lee was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in 2018 and 2019. Her work has recently been shown at the New Museum (New York), at the Venice Biennale (2022), and in 2024 she realised the Hyundai Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London.

Collaboration

Part of the installation was realised in collaboration with the Wiener Secession.