Lot 41: LEE SANGHYUN (b.1954)

LEE SANGHYUN (b.1954)
Peach Blossom Paradise and Streaming Water from 'Nine Clouds Dream', 2007
oversized chromogenic print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '2/5' in Korean & English in stylus, printed label with credit, title, date and edition '2/5' on backing board
43¼ x 86½in. (110 x 220cm.) overall

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Paradise is the theme of Lee's series Nine Clouds Dream, based on Kim Manjung's 17th century tale of a young man who marries eight beautiful maidens and achieves wealth and status only to wake up from a drunken stupor to discover that his life was a dream. In this composite photograph, the classical novel is turned into a computer game and the central character is the Dragon Princess, one of the eight wives, who stands on a golden fish -- a symbol for the Taoist concept of eternal life.

Number 2 from the sold-out edition of 5.