The many lives of Lee Bul
Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong, Art-in-Culture editor in chief Jaeseok Kim meets the artist who put contemporary Korean art on the map
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![Lee Bul, Willing To Be Vulnerable - Metalized Balloon, 2015-2016. Installation view of ‘Lee Bul: Crashing’ at the Hayward Gallery, London, 2018. A smaller version of the work will be on view in art Basel Hong Kong's Encounters sector. Courtesy of Studio Lee Bul; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, Paris, and Salzburg; Lehmann Maupin, New York City, Hong Kong, and Seoul; and PKM Gallery, Seoul.. Photo by Mark Blower. © Lee Bul.](https://dza2a2ql7zktf.cloudfront.net/binaries-cdn/dqzqcuqf9/image/fetch/q_auto,dpr_auto,c_fill,f_auto,w_auto/https://d2u3kfwd92fzu7.cloudfront.net/asset/cms/Art_Basel_Hong_kong_2019_Lee_Bul_15.jpg)
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