Experience Mire Lee's Captivating Kinetic Sculptures at Secession Exhibition

This exhibition showcases the work of Mire Lee, whose art explores the collapse of distinctions between machine, body, and soul through kinetic sculptures made of motors, silicone, and steel. Her creations evoke a disturbing, animated liveliness, delving into the internal logic of the body, its functions, and its systems.

Mire Lee's art is situated in a physically palpable space where the boundaries between machine, body, and soul dissolve. Her kinetic sculptures, often constructed from motors, silicone, steel, and lubricants, manifest as organisms that are both tender and grotesque. These forms move in convulsive rhythms or as if breathing, unsettlingly evoking an animate yet profoundly alien vitality. Rather than merely mirroring the body, Lee's practice aims to reveal its inner logic, its malfunctions, and the systems with which it interacts. Through this, she portrays not only the raw physicality of bodies and machines but also vulnerability, violence, and desire. Lee's installations frequently generate an affective unease, inviting deep contemplation without promising resolution. The spaces she constructs are described as states of exposure, damp, and ruinous. Within these works, movement transcends mere kinetics to become a language of survival and perpetual restoration. Mire Lee's practice highlights vulnerability as a mode of relationship, emphasizing endurance, permeability, and proximity. The exhibition is presented at the Secession and the Korea Cultural Center, with the latter featuring a selection of her film works. The exhibition was made possible through support from the Samsung Foundation of Culture, the Korea Cultural Center, the Arts Council Korea, the Mondriaan Fonds, Callie’s, Palfinger AG, and Galerie Sprüth Magers.

Information regarding tickets can be found via a link to the eventjet ticketing platform. The exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM; it is closed on Mondays. Further visitor information and ticket details are available on the Secession's website.