Remakes, Variations (1741-2049)
Curated by Reid Shier
October 16, 2008 - December 13, 2008
Illingworth Kerr Gallery | ACAD
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday to Saturday
Reception | October 16, 2008 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Informal Artist Talk | 6:30pm
Everyone Welcome
Free to All
Fully Illustrated Catalogue
Available for Sale
IKG presents Remakes, Variations (1741-2049), an exhibition of recent works by Vancouver artist Tim Lee. Thematically oriented around the premise of remaking artworks that, likewise, are remakes themselves, the exhibition features twin bodies of work that both replicate and re-imagine seminal moments in slapstick comedy and classical music. With sources that range from Johann Sebastian Bach to Glenn Gould, and Peter Sellers to Steve Martin, Lee suggestively interpolates himself with the history of his subjects by loosely reconstructing specific works associated with their creators; and, in so doing, maps out an extended timeline that travels from the historical past to the imagined future.
Lees practice spans video, photography and sculpture, and employs unique thematic combinations, often involving humour and slapstick comedy, to draw out relationships between art history, popular culture and social politics. Remakes, Variations (1741-2049) will be accompnied by the first major monograph on Tim Lees practice to be released in February, 2008. It includes texts by Frieze Magazine assocate editor Jorg Heiser, Wattis Institute Director Jens Hoffmann, Brussels-based independent curator Monika Swewczyk and Vancouver author Michael Turner.
Tim Lee was born in Seoul, Korea in 1975 and currently lives and works in Vancouver. Upcoming solo exhibitions include the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco (2007) and at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (2008). Lees work has been included in the recent group exhibitions Sliding Doors (2007) at the The Tate Modern in London and All About Laughter (2007) at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo and in Intertidal at the MuHKA, Antwerp.
NEWS - Tim Lee was awarded the prestigious Sobey Art Award on October 1, 2008, in Toronto. The $50,000 juried prize recognizes young Canadian visual artists.
