Jocelyn Lee (American 1962)
Untitled (Lex on Blue Couch), 2011
pigment print on Gloss Baryta flush-mounted on Dibond
signed (on a label attached to the backing), number 3 from the edition of 15
image size 60 x 48.3 cm., frame size 63 x 51.5 cm.

Condition: In very good condition. Edges very slightly rubbed. Framed behind glass.

Notes: Artist & Practice

Lee explores the tactile qualities of the living world through photography. Driven by existential themes, including those of sexuality, family, death and ageing. Spanning portraiture, landscape and still life. Lee borrows from the formal conventions of painting, lending a certain temporal permanence to her subjects while maintaining the potency of the open ended photographic narrative.

Context

Lee’s work focuses on female subjects to examine preconceived notions of the body and ideals of appearance. She prefers to wait for the moment when her subjects ‘breathe their own life into the room’ and are no longer aware of the camera. Yet for all their transparency and brilliant details, her subjects, their stories, remain unknown, deftly eclipsing the camera’s attempts to capture them.

Notes

BA in philosophy and visual arts from Yale University and MFA in photography from Hunter College. Lee taught photography at Princeton University and at Maine College of Art. She was a visiting artist at Yale University, Bowdoin College, Mass College of Art, and New York University. Collections of The Yale Museum of Art, New Haven, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Museum Folkwang, Essen.




Provenance:
Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam.
Acquired at the above by the present owner in 2018.