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"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people"
-Mahatma Ghandi
Bovey Lee- Cut Paper Artist
May 2015
May 2015
Bovey Lee, Outgrow-Rice Grains, 2014, courtesy of artist
Bovey Lee, Baking McMansion 2011, courtesy of artist
There are a lot of cross-cultural references and postmodern approach to image making in my work. And the concerns of environmental issues and our relationships with nature in the 21st century in my work also are rather different than traditional paper cutting.
Do you feel like this modern crossover of concept and skill requires a different set of skills than the ones applied by traditional papercutting artisans?
It primarily involves a need for individual expression and creativity, developing one's lexicon and style in cut paper that speaks to and resonates with a contemporary audience.
In 2009, papercutting was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Do you feel like your work connects you to such concerted efforts to ensure the viability of papercutting as a traditional art form, or do you feel independent of such efforts?
I feel independent of such efforts. My goal is in creating contemporary cut paper as a personal, artistic practice.
About Bovey Lee:
Bovey Lee is a cut paper artist based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Hong Kong, Bovey has practiced Chinese calligraphy since the age of ten, and completed her BA degree in Fine Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She earned a second MFA in computer graphics and interactive media at Pratt institute in New York, and in 2000 relocated to Pittsburgh where she created her first cut paper work in summer 2005.
Exhibitions include Nevada Museum of Art; Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Arizona; Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Washington; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Shelburne Museum, Vermont; Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland; National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK; Blackburn Museum, UK; Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China; Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands; among others.
You can check out more of her work on her website, www.boveylee.com
Exhibitions include Nevada Museum of Art; Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Arizona; Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Washington; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Shelburne Museum, Vermont; Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland; National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK; Blackburn Museum, UK; Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China; Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands; among others.
You can check out more of her work on her website, www.boveylee.com