artist interview

Jason Lee

There is a Louis Vuitton Dog which printed a lot of logos in the body, and it looks like displayed the Louis Vuitton shop. However, it made by a Korean Artist who is Jason Lee. He has lived in New York almost 6years, and he was born in South Korea. His major was a printmaking in Hong Ik University which is one of the most famous art schools in South Korea. He is a sculptor, but he looks like a performance artist because he makes people happy, and also his belief is that he wants to live for happiness.

          When he was young, he is always playing on the natural place such as mountain or river because he lived in country side, not cities. He loved to stay on the mountain, and his toys were animals and plates, so his most of subjects were natural resources such as fishes, flogs or bugs when he was drawing early period. However, his skill was very unique. He used fire to burn on the wood panels and made shapes, but first time he couldn’t control the fire. Finally, he figured out that water can control fire, so he made detail shapes with water and fire. It is very impressive skill.  

                                                         Jason Lee (2007), the Flogs

His one of the most important turning point was the president Barack Obama Exhibition in 2008. It made him more famous and had more confidence. It was a group exhibition which supported for Obama before he became president. He sold the portrait of Obama and he met his supporter. The material was also very distinctive than others because he used human hairs to made president’s face. He said that he wants to choose material which is not selling in art supply stores, and he wants to find material in everyday life. It was very contrast between black and white, and it stands out his idea of expression.

                                          Jason Lee (2008) Barack Obama

Recently, he began to put his message into his artwork strongly. Previous told the Louis Vuitton dog, it includes the message, protecting the animals. When he was young he always frolicking with small animals, but he realized that he wanted to stay with them, they would be sick or die soon than original natural place. Therefore, he thinks that people take care about pets, but it is only for people, not for animal. However, people cannot realize that. For example, people dressed their dogs in the clothes, but they were satisfied for themselves not for dogs. His message was based on his youth experiences, and he tried to tell everyone.

                                           Jason Lee (2010), Louis Vuitton Dog.

He loves natural environment, and he does not like ordinary. When he works, he always fined fun for the work and life, and he think the most important is happiness. I hope his message would spread out world wide, and I will wait next his remarkable work.