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Second Solo Sculpture Show in the United States by Jaehyo Lee at Cynthia Reeves

NEW YORK, NY.- Jaehyo Lee opens his second solo sculpture show in the United States at Cynthia Reeves on February 20th, 2010 with an opening reception between 6-8 p.m., open to the public. The exhibition continues through March 27th. Jaehyo Lee works in natural materials and steel, as his primary media. His most spectacular works incorporate highly burnished, bent steel nails that form complex, articulated patterns against the velvet black of charred wood. This astoundingly difficult process results in works of a sinuous, elegant line and intricate detail–some of which are wall-based and some of which are objects intended for use as functional art. He continues this inquiry in his wood sculptures: wooden spheres and conical pillars that are often monumental in scale. Of the artist’s work, Jonathan Goodman wrote in Sculpture Magazine: Allowing the materials to speak to him, he builds self-contained