Ness Lee draws upon the personal history and narratives of their diasporic cultural upbringing and the relationship to the body as a carrier of felt language and lived emotions. With these embodied experiences, Lee creates tender and surreal works that take shape in various mediums, spaces and realms of expression as an effort in seeking comfort, forgiveness and a desire for an end to a perpetual state.Their work has been featured in galleries and institutions in Canada as well as internationally in New York, Los Angeles, India, Mexico, Tokyo and Taiwan.
Program
Ness Lee: Performances with Toronto Dance Theatre
Visual artist Ness Lee and Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) come together to imagine a performance that will gently move through the Biennial’s exhibition space at 32 Lisgar, with seven performers interacting with Ness’ distinctive sculptures and objects. Finding moments of intimacy between their bodies and the plush characters Ness creates, the dancers will animate the […]
November 23, November 29, December 1
2:00pm – 5:00pm
5:00pm – 8:00pm
12:00pm – 3:00pm
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