Index Code:

ART-EXP-LKY

Orgin:

South Korea

Field Notes:

Constraint shaping action • Body reduced to function • Movement as procedure

Defining Moment:

The early 1970s Body Drawing performances established a method in which bodily movement was constrained into repeatable, non-expressive operations.

Lee Kun-Yong

(

b. 1945

)

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Lee Kun-Yong’s work treats the body as a structural instrument rather than a vehicle of expression.

Movement is constrained, repeated, and measured.

Action becomes procedure.

Marks register physical limits rather than intention.

The body functions as a system within space.

Structural Focus

Body as Measure

Human scale, movement, or wear calibrates the work. Proportion is felt physically rather than visually alone.

Position

Body as Measure

Human scale, movement, or wear calibrates the work. Proportion is felt physically rather than visually alone.

In Lee Kun-Yong’s work, the body functions as a measuring device, producing structure through constrained action rather than expressive intent.

Hard Systems

Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Material

Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.

Structure

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Art

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Structual Relations

The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

In Dialogue

Tehching Hsieh

time as absolute structure

Lee Kun-Yong

Structural Focus

Body as Measure

Position

Body as Measure

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue