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GORDON LEE AVAILABLE WORKS
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GORDON LEE 1954 - 2018
Artist’s Statement My paintings are about remnants of the human struggles in the urban world. Growing up in the refugee slum of the then British colony of Hong Kong in the 50’s, I was confronted and surrounded by concrete buildings that sprung up everywhere like barriers. These were also class barriers where I found myself being suppressed and trapped. I was in awe with the overwhelming blockage. But yet, I also felt hope. Knowing that one day I would breakout of that confinement. The memories of staring incessantly at those walls have deeply engraved in my mind. Whenever I look at walls in back alleys and side streets, I find myself inspired by the marks, cracks, nails, hinges, windows and graffiti on them. They reflect our existence and also our efforts to adapt and to alter that existence in the concrete jungle. They also bear witness to the human history and human condition. When there is effort, there is hope. My paintings are poetic expressions of such efforts.
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Urban Legend, 2007
Mixed Media on Canvas
48 x 72 in. (112.9 x 182.9 cm)
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lkea*gram, 2007
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
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Mail Box, 2003
Acrylic on panel
64 x 48 in. (162.6 x 121.9 cm)
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Portrait of a Cloistered Mao, 2012 Oil and acrylic on panel 36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
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Priority Mail, 2006 Oil, acrylic, and gold leaf on panel 36 x 60 in. (91.4 x 152.4 cm)
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Qwerty Love, 2011
Oil and acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
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Reflection, 2008
Oil and acrylic on canvas
64 x 84 in. (162.6 x 213.4cm)
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Hope, 2002
Acrylic and gold leaf on panel
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
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Are You Nuts?, 2007
Oil and acrylic on canvas
60 x 84 in. (152.4 x 213.4 cm)
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Portal of Life II, 2006
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
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Being and Time, 2014
Oil and acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
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Joy of Kow Loon City, 1999
Oil and acrylic on panel
72 x 91.75 in. (182.9 x 233 cm)
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Sanctuary, 2000
Acrylic on panel
32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm)
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Night Watch, 2000
Acrylic on panel
46 x 72 in. (116.8 x 182.9 cm)
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Requiem for the Sentinel, 2002
Acrylic on panel
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
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Cleveland Avenue #1, 2000
Acrylic on panel
23.5 x 45 in. (59.7 x 114 cm)
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Cultural Revolution, 2003
Acrylic on panel
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
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Portrait of an Iconoclast (Red Rising), 2015
Oil and acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
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Model Home-Fragile, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
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#PinkPrincess, 2013
Oil and acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
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The Armory Show, 2014
Oil and acrylic on canvas
50 x 50 in. (127 x 127 cm)
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Double Exposure, 2013
Acrylic on Linen
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6)
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3 Coins in the Fountain at O’Hare, 2013
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
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TV Dinner, 2009
Oil and acrylic on canvas
36 x 60 in. (91.4 x 152.4 cm)
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Dinner at 6, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 30 in. (121.9 x 72.6 cm)
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Nirvana High, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9cm)
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Disco Shrine, 2012
Oil and acrylic on canvas
36 x 58 in. (91.4 x 147.3 cm)
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High Time, 2012
Oil and acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
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Mixed Media Works
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No Exit, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.8 cm)
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Pipe Fiction, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Hydro Thermo Duet, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Fung Shui Meter, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm)
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DIY Home Improvement, 2007 Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper 22 x 32 in. (55.8 x 81.3 cm)
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New Year Blessing, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 32 in. (55.4 x 81.28 cm)
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Crawford Door, 2004
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Master of Domain, 2004
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 X 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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2.5696, 2004
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Lantua Mosaic, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Wealth of a Nation, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Cleveland Avenue #2, 2000
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
23 x 31 in. (58.4 x 78.7cm)
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Cleveland Avenue #3, 2000
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
23 x 31 in. (58.4 x 78.7cm)
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Cleveland Avenue #4, 2000
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
23 x 31 in. (58.4 x 78.7cm)
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Cleveland Avenue #5, 2000
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
23 x 31 in. (58.4 x 78.7cm)
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Color Code System, 2007
Mixed Media on Arches 400 lb-wt. Cold-press Watercolor Paper
22 X 30 in. (55.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Untitled (Study for Reflection), 2007
Mixed Media on title
11.5 x 11.5 in. (29.2 x 29.2 cm)
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Biography Gordon Lee was born in the British colony of Hong Kong. After finishing high school in 1973, he attended college on scholarship in Canada. During his second year of studies, his major changed from urban planning to fine arts after taking his first art history class. Lee decided to make his impact as a visual artist instead of becoming an architect or city planner. His work often deals with the connection to the found objects, cultural references and textures of the urban landscape. After graduating from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec in 1978, he went on to Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan to pursue his Master’s Degree in Painting. Before returning to Hong Kong in 1982, he taught at the Columbus College of Art and Design, in Columbus OH. While in Hong Kong, Lee became a lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University teaching drawing and printmaking. At the urges of Joseph Canzani, president of Columbus College of Art and Design, he moved back to the States with his wife, Johanna and resumed teaching at CCAD. He was a professor and chair of the drawing and printmaking departments in the division of Fine Arts. He has shown his work in Asia, Europe and North America.
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In Loving Memory of Gordon Lee
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