Titillating Fantasy

Artist Hye Rim Lee, graduate of Inter-media from Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts, has her first American solo exhibition at New York’s Max Lang Gallery entitled, Crystal City. Originally from Korea, Lee immigrated to New Zealand in 1993. Crystal City involves a series of 15 digital prints derived from a 3D animation projection. Lee’s website says the work is rooted in the challenges facing the community of Asian diaspora who have settled in New Zealand. “The work also speaks to the manipulation and perception of female sexual identity worldwide. Furthermore, it challenges the conventions of the traditionally male-dominated worlds of game structure and 3D animation.” TVNZ is commissioning a 45-minute documentary film about Hye Rim Lee and the exhibition. Lee currently lives in New York. Crystal City runs March 13 through April 12.