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All change: the tiny room that can be anything you want it to be

JeeYoung Lee: Panic room, 2010
Panic room, 2010 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Black birds, 2009
Black birds, 2009 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: My chemical romance
My chemical romance, 2013
Pipelines that crawl on the building walls of the artist’s neighbourhood in Mangwon-dong, Seoul, appear to the artist as elements of nervousness and danger. Steam generated by a fog machine symbolises the moment of conflict and clash in relationships and communication
Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Last Supper, 2011
Last supper, 2011 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Gamer, 2011
Gamer, 2011 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Resurrection, 2011
Resurrection, 2011
This mystic installation was inspired by the Story of Shim Cheong, a Korean folktale, as well as by Shakespeare’s Ophelia
Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Broken heart
Broken heart, 2011 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Monsoon season, 2011
Monsoon season, 2011 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: Nightscape, 2012
Nightscape, 2012 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
JeeYoung Lee: This is not enough, 2012
This is not enough, 2012 Photograph: JeeYoung Lee/courtesy of OPIOM Gallery
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