Taiwanese American artist James Jean started his professional career in 2001 as a cover artist at DC Comics, the famed publisher of popular superhero comics including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. He gained prominence during his time at DC, but from 2008, he left the company to focus on large-scale paintings, blurring the distinctions between commercial and fine art.
Lotte Museum of Art, which is hosting his exhibition, said in a statement, "As an Asian-American, Jean has consistently explored the dual nature of his identity through his works, a quest consummated in the visual narrative of the eternal wanderer fluctuating between the agony and ecstasy of flirting with, yet never fully belonging to, his past or his present as experienced through the lens of Eastern and Western culture."
Running through Sept. 1, this exhibition presents over 500 of his works including about 150 comic book covers and 200 drawings, as well as large-scale paintings, sculptures and video art.
Lotte Museum of Art, which is hosting his exhibition, said in a statement, "As an Asian-American, Jean has consistently explored the dual nature of his identity through his works, a quest consummated in the visual narrative of the eternal wanderer fluctuating between the agony and ecstasy of flirting with, yet never fully belonging to, his past or his present as experienced through the lens of Eastern and Western culture."
Running through Sept. 1, this exhibition presents over 500 of his works including about 150 comic book covers and 200 drawings, as well as large-scale paintings, sculptures and video art.
| When | April 4, 2019 ~ Sept. 1, 2019 |
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| Location | Lotte Museum of Art Lotte World Tower (7F), 300, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul |
| Transportation | [Subway] Jamsil Station (Lines 2 & 8, Exit 1) |
| Contact(TEL/FAX/Email) | Tel: +82-1544-7744 |
| Website | www.lottemuseum.com (Korean, English) |