“La Divina Commedia”: ceramic artist Lee Yun Hee (2013)
“Lee Yun Hee weaves Eastern and Western influences to offer a contemporary re-interpretation of both aesthetic and literary traditions, constructing a fantasy world that speaks of hope, strength and determination.
“Young ceramic artist Lee Yun Hee (b. 1986, South Korea) majored in Ceramics at both BFA and MFA levels at Seoul’s Hong Ik University. Lee calls herself a collector. What she collects are everyday stories of the common people, about their desires and wants, their fears and anxiety, and ultimately ‘the cure’ they seek to overcome the challenges and difficulties of life. There is much that she can relate to during her collections, for she is after all also human. Yet, it is not the hardships she clings to, but those ‘cures’ that each person resorts to. [. . .]
“Lee created her latest series entitled ‘La Divina Commedia‘ in 2013. Her inspiration came from Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), the renowned 14th century epic poem by Italian poet and writer Dante Alighieri. The literary work recounts Dante’s travels through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. In Lee’s contemporary take, the heroine of the story is a young girl who runs against all odds to overcome the trials and tribulations of life.” [. . .] —Art Radar, August 11, 2015.
To view more of Lee’s ceramic artwork, you can visit her website.
[Links broken as of Septmber 15, 2024. To view more of Lee’s work, including some more recent iterations of La Divina Commedia, click here.]Contributed by Anita Verna Crofts.
Sighting Citation:
““La Divina Commedia”: ceramic artist Lee Yun Hee (2013).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. September 20, 2019. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/la-divina-commedia-ceramic-artist-lee-yun-hee-2013/.