FEMME FATAL: Jee Yun Lee’s series of feminine portraits reflects the artist’s concern with color and symbolism. Clichés and preconceptions of fashion iconography are mined for both their homogeneity and subtle inconsistencies, as the artist layers vibrant shades of primary colors to create dreamlike snapshots of commercialist nirvana. In Lee’s world, a sophisticated “consumer in café” scene or the flashy pose of a rose stem clenched in teeth become conversations in light and tone, deconstructing the iconography with its own inherent branding of beauty.

FEMME FATAL: Jee Yun Lee’s series of feminine portraits reflects the artist’s concern with color and symbolism. Clichés and preconceptions of fashion iconography are mined for both their homogeneity and subtle inconsistencies, as the artist layers vibrant shades of primary colors to create dreamlike snapshots of commercialist nirvana. In Lee’s world, a sophisticated “consumer in café” scene or the flashy pose of a rose stem clenched in teeth become conversations in light and tone, deconstructing the iconography with its own inherent branding of beauty.