Paul Lee - Contemporary Artists

Untitled (Can Sculpture) x3 views

Untitled (Can Sculpture) x3 views The Saatchi Gallery
 

Paul Lee

Untitled (Can Sculpture) x3 views

2007
Soda cans, bath towel, ink, magnifying glass, string, paint, xerox, light bulb

32 x 12 x 19 cm

In Untitled (Can Sculpture) Lee’s materials take on a performative dimension, their readymade shapes and loaded meanings creating an image with evocative narrative innuendo. Here a crunched soda can, magnifying glass, and a lump of coal dangle above a man’s face like a crude appendage; the lens is fixed on the face as libidinous source. Hanging from the portrait, a well-worn sock – the ‘handy’ accessory of teen boys everywhere – limply dangles with the promise of polishing a diamond from the hunk of rough.
 
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