{"id":332840,"date":"2026-07-08T09:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332840\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:34:08","slug":"works-by-uab-art-professor-on-show-in-miami-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332840\/","title":{"rendered":"Works by UAB art professor on show in Miami exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minkyu Lee at the opening of his solo exhibition “Instinct” at Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Florida.Works by\u00a0Minkyu Lee<\/a>, professor at the\u00a0University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/a>, are featured in \u201cInstinct,\u201d a solo exhibition in Miami, Florida, through July 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A multimedia artist whose practice centers on vessel- and furniture-making, Lee works primarily in ceramics and wood. At UAB, he is chair of the\u00a0College of Arts and Sciences<\/a>\u2019\u00a0Department of Art and Art History<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstinct\u201d is presented by Mindy Solomon Gallery. Lee has participated in several group exhibitions and art fairs with the gallery, but this marks his first solo presentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Featuring both functional and non-functional design works, the exhibition highlights Lee\u2019s commitment to exceptional craftsmanship and meticulous detail. The pieces include chair sculptures and the remarkable butterfly violin.<\/p>\n

All the works on view embody a sense of movement and gesture. Utilizing hardwoods as his primary medium, Lee carves softness and fluidity into these forms, according to the\u00a0gallery\u2019s exhibition statement<\/a>. \u201cInstinct\u201d reflects the artist\u2019s intuitive sensibility \u2014 an innate drive to create flow within inanimate objects and reveal the vitality that lies beneath their surfaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s artistic practice delves into the foundational structures that shape both our physical and metaphysical realities, he says. The chair, with its intrinsic relationship to the human body, has become a focal point in his work.<\/p>\n

\"A\u201cAs humans, motion is our universal language,\u201d Lee said. \u201cBody language, born from movement, is a primal expression of feelings and needs \u2014 an essential mechanism for survival. These motions and gestures form the core of our communication, offering insights into the nature of life itself. My current work seeks to document these instincts and desires, capturing the raw interplay between movement, form and meaning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of the exhibition is Lee\u2019s handmade violin. Originating from his furniture practice, the butterfly violin continues his investigation into the relationship between the body, movement and human experience. While the chair reflects the body\u2019s physical presence, the violin becomes an extension of gesture, rhythm and emotion through sound. The violin exists simultaneously as an object and a vessel for expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In developing this work, he studied historical traditions and methods of sound-making while reinterpreting and reinventing the instrument\u2019s form through the language of the body.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as body language communicates emotion and instinct, music carries a similarly primal capacity for connection and meaning,\u201d Lee said. \u201cThe form of this violin attempts to visualize that exchange, tracing the interplay between movement, resonance, structure and emotion. Through these gestures, the work reflects my ongoing interest in uncovering the hidden systems that shape how we experience and understand the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mindy Solomon Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment. Visit\u00a0MindySolomon.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minkyu Lee at the opening of his solo exhibition “Instinct” at Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Florida.Works by\u00a0Minkyu…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-332840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}