{"id":391460,"date":"2026-01-04T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391460\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T17:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T17:20:28","slug":"longing-for-utopia-at-amorepacifics-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391460\/","title":{"rendered":"Longing for utopia at Amorepacific’s headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""Willing “Willing To Be Vulnerable-Transparent Balloon” by Lee Bul (Courtesy of the artist and HO-AM Foundation) <\/p>\n

Contemporary artist Lee Bul\u2019s new work “Willing To Be Vulnerable-Transparent Balloon” is on view at Amorepacific\u2019s world headquarters in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.<\/p>\n

Exploring humanity\u2019s persistent longing for utopia, Lee has created \u201cWilling To Be Vulnerable\u201d series since 2015. The series has gained global recognition through exhibitions at the Sydney Biennale, Berlin\u2019s Martin-Gropius-Bau and Manege Central Exhibition Hall in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

\""Willing “Willing To Be Vulnerable-Transparent Balloon” by Lee Bul (Courtesy of the artist and HO-AM Foundation) <\/p>\n

The 8.5-meter-tall floating balloon-like sculpture, created with translucent film, LED lighting, stainless steel and crystals, evokes contrasting ideas of futuristic optimism and the inherent vulnerability of modern ideals.<\/p>\n

Lee, who rose to prominence in the late 1980s has spent decades investigating utopian imagination and collective visions of the future. The artist’ survey exhibition “Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now” is on view at the Leeum Museum of Art until Sunday.<\/p>\n

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