DREAMS 2008

I enjoy dreaming because I have a freedom not found in waking moments to become what I want to be and to do what I want to do.

This project was inspired by a young Taiwanese curator Sansan Huang, who shared with me her ideas and 10 short stories about dreams that were written by the Japanese author Natsume Souseki in 1908.

My project Dreams, includes a 200x580 cm mural along with ten 96x126 cm individual pieces, that combine to capture a moment outside of my waking life.

The production of this series gave me a chance to be uninhibited and unstructured in a manner that I never really had with other projects, which at times seemed similar to the freedom found in the state of sleep.

~ Daniel Lee 2008

Artist simulated installation for exhibition at Pata Gallery in Beijing, in August 2008
~ The series of "Dreams" will be first showing at Pata Gallery Contemporary Art in Beijing during the Olympic Games, and at ArTaipei, both in August, 2008.

~ Workes from Dreams series was included in "Ancient Futures" at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Dec ~ Feb 15, 2009

~ Encounter from Dream series has been collected by Busan Museum of Art, Korea in 2008.

~ A series of 10 pieces 96x126 work of Dreams has been collected by Museo Escultura Figurativa Internacional Contemporanea in Spain, 2009

~ Dreams series will be exhibited at OK Harris gallery in New York, March 21 ~ April 18, 2009

©Daniel Lee, represented by O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York. 212 431 3600/
Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo. 3 5501-3203 / East Gallery, Taipei. (02) 2711 9502 /
Pata Gallery, Beijing. (10) 6433 5120/
Gallery Now, Seoul. (822) 725 2930/ Tangram Art Center, Shanghai. (21) 6299 9868