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17 August 2011
For immediate release

PRELUDE A L’APRES MIDI D’UN FAUNE
17.09.2011 – 2.10.2011
Opening reception: Friday 16 September, 6pm
Artist: Jane Lee
Curator: Arianna Gellini“I am more and more convinced that music is not, in essence, a thing which canbe cast into a traditional and fixed form. It is made up of colors and rhythms.”-Claude Debussy

Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune is a solo show by Singapore based artist Jane Lee.
Presenting a selection of some her most iconic pieces as well as her most recent artworks,
Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune will explore the realm of sculpture within the painting
boundaries.

Attempting to redefine painting as not only a medium of representation, Lee moves away fromthe restrictions of traditional compositional structure and instead goes back to the origin ofpaint: Color. In her abstractions color has not only a highly attractive quality but more
importantly it has an objectified presence. It invades, conquers the space in morbid andelliptical convulsions. Color usually understood as purely a compositional element, in Lee’s
artworks becomes the composition itself. It subsumes matter into form; destructs the painting
surface in agglomerates of colorful substance. From a pure two-dimensional entity, it explodes
into a flourishing three dimensional object.
A clear reference to French composer Claude Debussy’s master piece, Prélude à l'après midi
d'un faune explores painting composition through the ideas of color and texture. If the musicalshapes in Debussy’s sonata are able to evoke different colors and hues, then Jane Lee paintings
can be considered to further twist and entwine these pure colors into magnificent sculptures.
--END—ABOUT PRELUDE A L’APRES MIDI D’UN FAUNE
Artist:Jane Lee

Curator:Arianna GELLINI

Venue:

Osage Gallery, Soho

Address:

45 Caine Road, Lower Ground Shop 1, Cnr Old Bailey St, Soho
Central, Hong Kong

Tel:(852) 2793 4817

Exhibition Duration:17 September 2011 to 2 October 2011

Opening Reception:

16 September 2011 (Friday), 6.00pm[ENCL.]
APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTISTAPPENDIX B: ARTWORK IMAGESAPPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jane Lee (b. 1963, Singapore) holds a BA in Fine Arts and a Diploma in Fashion from LASALLE-SIA
College of the Arts. She has held numerous exhibitions in Asia.
Lee’s work examines painting by pushing the limits of the materials and techniques used inpainting. Through her use of unconventional materials and innovative techniques, her paintings
highlight their processes, to draw attention to the way the paintings have been made orconstructed and in so doing, reexamine painting’s significance and relevance for contemporary
art practice. Lee’s works was shown in many exhibitions in the region and has won several
awards, most recently the 2007 Sovereign Art Prize (finalist).
Lee is also the first recipient of the Singapore International Residency Art Prize in 2007 and herlargest work to date ’Raw Canvas’, measuring 9.3m by 7.1m was showcased at Singapore
Biennale 2008 and Collectors Stage at Singapore Art Museum in 2011.

APPENDIX B: ARTWORK IMAGES

Jane Lee, Fetish-White I, acrylic paint on canvas, 131cm X 97cm X 9cm

Jane Lee, Fetish-White II, acrylic paint on canvas, 180cm X 180cm X 7cm

Jane Lee, The Object III，2011, mixed media on wood, 151cm X 126cm X 7cm

Jane Lee, Purple Blues III, 紫色憂鬱 III，2010, acylic paint on canvas, 198cm X 101cm X 5.5cm

Jane Lee, Objecthood, 2009, oil on epoxy canvas, 16 panels 22cm X 22cm each

ABOUT OSAGE GALLERYOsage Gallery is devoted to the exhibition and promotion of international and Asian contemporary visualarts, exploring the diverse and complex artistic relationships between the different regions of Asia, andbeyond that, of the artistic relationships between Asia and other parts of the world. Osage Gallery
represents some of the most exciting and significant artists in the region. The gallery also works closelywith international critics and curators to present exhibitions and projects that address themes and issues
relevant to our times.
In addition to organising major group and thematic exhibitions, Osage Gallery has organised soloexhibitions by some of the most significant artists in Asia, such as Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Shen Shaomin
and Jiang Zhi from China, as well as other Asian artists such as Lee Kit (Hong Kong), Wilson Shieh (HongKong), Nipan Oranniwesna (Thailand) and Charwei Tsai (Taiwan).
Osage Gallery is part of the Osage group www.osageartideas.com encompassing the Osage Art
Foundation, Osage Art Consultancy and Osage Design.

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