Presentation House Gallery is pleased to present Remakes\, Va riations (1741-2049)\, an exhibition of new work by Tim Lee. Thematically o riented around the premise of remaking artworks that\, likewise\, are remak es themselves\, the exhibition features twin bodies of work that both repli cate and re-imagine seminal moments in slapstick comedy and classical music . With sources that range from Johann Sebastian Bach to Glenn Gould\, and P eter Sellers to Steve Martin\, Lee suggestively interpolates himself with h is subjects by loosely reconstructing specific works associated with their creators\; and\, in so doing\, maps out an extended timeline that travels f rom the historical past to an imagined future.
Tim Lee’s practice spa ns video\, photography and sculpture\, and employs unique thematic combinat ions\, often involving humour and slapstick comedy\, to draw out relationsh ips between art history\, popular culture and social politics. Remakes\, Va riations (1741-2049) will be accompanied by the first major monograph on Ti m Lee’s practice to be released in February\, 2008. It includes texts by Fr ieze Magazine associate editor Jörg Heiser\, Wattis Institute Director Jens Hoffmann\, Brussels based independent curator Monika Szewczyk and Vancouve r author Michael Turner.
Tim Lee was born in Seoul\, Korea in 1975 an d lives and works in Vancouver. Remakes\, Variations (1741-2049) will tour in September 2008 to the Ilingworth Kerr Gallery\, Calgary. Upcoming solo e xhibitions include the CCA Wattis Institute\, San Francisco (2007)\, where Lee is currently in residence at the Capp Street Project\, and at the Conte mporary Art Museum\, Houston\, (2008). Lee’s work has been included in the recent group exhibitions Sliding Doors (2007) at The Tate Modern\, London\, All About Laughter (2007) at the Mori Art Museum\, Tokyo\, and in Intertid al (2005)\, MuHKA\, Antwerp\, Belgium. Lee is represented by Lisson Gallery \, London\, Cohan and Leslie\, NYC and Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle\, Munich.
Curated by Reid Shier.
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