If artists do retrospectives, galleries do them to remember their existence. Indeed, we conceive the Dohyang Lee Gallery, not as an inanimate place, but as a living organism that evolves. For the ten-year anniversary which is special, in a global context marked by the pandemic, artists whom the gallery has met previously return with gifts to share with the public and art lovers. Gold, Incense & Myrrh, c is a title that illustrates this idea of generosity on the part of artists in difficult times. “Gold”, which invites us to celebrate together the precious and unalterable place that art occupies in our lives. “Incense”, which invites us to seek the sublime in ourselves. “Myrrh”, which invites us to look at ourselves, in all our fragility, strength and humanity.
The practice of Aurélien Mole (born in 1975) has clarified an essential obsession around which all his work as an artist or curator seems to revolve: the apparition. Appearance, in its link of course with image production techniques, but also in its fundamental relationship to truth...