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Dates
Sep 30, 2026 — Oct 27, 2026
Place
Gallery Palzo · 145-3 Yonghak-ro, Suseong-gu, Daegu · 145-3 Yonghak-ro, Suseong-gu, Daegu
Admission at the time
Free
Facts last checked
2026-10-19
First preserved here
2026-10-22

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Daecheon Lee studied painting in Korea and in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and has worked from Germany for more than 20 years. Starting from East Asian landscape painting, he has developed a distinctive world of landscape by combining the spirit of traditional Korean painting with contemporary formal language. Describing his practice as 'Drawing the World', he depicts relationships among personal memories and experiences, images of nature and everyday life, and the various elements constituting the world. Abstraction and representation, temporal, spatial and cultural elements, and images of memory and reality overlap and unfold in parallel to form one multilayered landscape. Lines, planes, colours and forms act as small units constituting the world rather than merely formal elements; each form connects and changes to create new relationships within the painting. Lee's landscapes do not represent particular places but form one world expressing the sensation of a constantly changing, interconnected world. Relationships among varied visual elements create an open pictorial space where nature and humanity, memory and reality intersect, expanding through each viewer's experiences and interpretations. About this exhibition, the artist says: 'These are not landscapes reproducing particular places, but one world made from memories, emotions and the flow of all beings. Lines, colours and accumulated traces on the canvas create constantly changing landscapes where chance and order intersect. Moving between abstraction and representation, these landscapes evoke viewers' memories and sensations rather than explaining a single story. I hope you discover your own landscapes in the flow of an interconnected yet endlessly changing world.' Daecheon Lee studied painting in Korea, as well as in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and has been based in Germany for over 20 years. Beginning with East Asian landscape painting, his practice has developed a distinctive approach to landscape by combining the spirit of traditional Korean painting with contemporary visual language. The artist describes his practice as “Drawing the World,” exploring the relationships among personal memories and experiences, images from nature and everyday life, and the various elements that make up the world. His paintings bring together abstract and figurative elements, along with temporal, spatial, and cultural aspects, as well as images of memory and reality. These elements overlap and unfold in parallel, forming multilayered landscapes. Lines, planes, colors, and forms are not merely visual elements, but small units that constitute the world. Each for connects and transforms through its relationship with others, creating new relationships within the composition. Daecheon Lee’s landscapes do not simply represent specific places or subjects. Images drawn from nature and everyday life, along with personal memories and experiences, come together on a single canvas, creating new landscapes through their relationships with one another. Rather than presenting a single, predetermined narrative, his paintings leave open the possibility of being interpreted differently through each viewer’s own experiences and sensations. Regarding the works in this exhibition, the artist says: “The works in this exhibition do not depict specific places, but rather a world shaped by memory, emotion, and the continuous flow of all living things. Layers of lines, colors, and accumulated traces create landscapes where chance and order coexist in constant transformation. Moving between abstraction and representation, these landscapes do not seek to tell a single story. Instead, they invite viewers to discover their own memories and sensations within them—a world that is endlessly changing, yet profoundly interconnected.”

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