Created by the Seoul- and New York-based artist Kakyung Lee, Dance, Dance, Dance is a suite of ten prints made using drypoint, a printmaking process in which a design is drawn on a plate with a sharp, needle-like instrument. Each print is a self-portrait featuring her repetitive gestural movements. Rather than using the traditional copperplate, Lee used a single Plexiglas plate known for its fragile and unforgiving nature, turning her fleeting, mundane, or perhaps frustrating moments into a series of intimate spectacles.

Inscriptions

Inscription

verso, in graphite, lower left: 3/8; verso, in graphite, lower center: A Suite Set of Dance, Dance, Dance, #1; verso in graphite, lower right: K. L. '11

Provenance

2011–?

Collection of the Artist

?–2013

(Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

2013–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015).

Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 22-October 23, 2022).