Mire Lee (*1988) is known for her visceral, kinetic installations that probe the tension between eroticism, vulnerability and decay. Informed by her background in sculpture and influences from body horror, fetish culture and poetry, she experiments with an eclectic combination of industrial materials – including silicone, concrete, PVC tubing, lubricants, machinery, electric motors and pumps – to create works that teeter between growth and collapse. Her environments ooze, throb and rumble, evoking both bodily and mechanical functions and resembling living organisms that conjure a sense of the grotesque that is as seductive as it is unsettling.
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© Okayama Art Summit 2025
Right: Photo by Gautier Deblonde
Right: Photo by Gautier Deblonde
The Parks of Aomame
Group Exhibition with Cyprien Gaillard and Mire Lee
Okayama Art Summit
September 26–November 26, 2025
The theme of this year’s Okayama Art Summit is The Parks of Aomame, inspired by Aomame, the mysterious character from Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84. As Artistic Director Philippe Parreno describes in his statement, a curated group of thirty individuals and groups from twelve countries and regions—including artists, musicians, architects, designers, scientists, writers, and thinkers—will use their unique methods of expression to create new forms, transforming Okayama’s public spaces into places where reality and imagination naturally merge. Sprüth Magers is delighted that Cyprien Gaillard and Mire Lee are amongst the participating artists.
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