Lee Kit

Hong Kong | 1978

Lee Kit is a Hong Kong Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1978. His work is currently being shown at Mother's Tankstation, London. Numerous key galleries and museums such as TheCube Project Space have featured Lee Kit's work in the past.Lee Kit's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 363 USD to 56,332 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is 56,332 USD for Johnson's- No More Tears, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2015. Lee Kit has been featured in articles for Art Review , The Art Newspaper and South China Morning Post. The most recent article is “Interweaving Travelers” at New Taipei City Art Museum written for Art Asia Pacific in January 2024.

HAND PAINTED CLOTH USED AS TOWEL - Lee Kit

HAND PAINTED CLOTH USED AS TOWEL, 2004

acrylic on fabric; & colour photograph

59 x 64.5 cm. (23 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.)& 17 x 12 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.) (2)

NIVEA NIGHT PACK, 2011

acrylic, emulsion paint, enamel paint, inkjet ink and tape on cardboard

101 x 107 cm. (39 3/4 x 42 1/8 in.)

HAND PAINTED CLOTH USED WITH FRIENDS IN GATHERING (SET OF FOUR) - Lee Kit

HAND PAINTED CLOTH USED WITH FRIENDS IN GATHERING (SET OF FOUR), 2009

photo document

each photo: 24 by 19 cm

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Upon (for Parkett 98).

By Lee Kit

+14%

above mid-estimate

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Tablecloth

By Lee Kit

-43%

below mid-estimate

Trionfante Auction House

Tablecloth - 2010

By Lee Kit

-43%

below mid-estimate

Trionfante Auction House

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Current Exhibitions

The surface of a mirror

Mother's Tankstation, London

Bethnal Green | London | UK

Mar 14,2024 - Apr 20,2024

Past Exhibitions

Lee Kit: A blank stare like a gasp

ShugoArts

Minato-ku | Tokyo | Japan

Nov 18,2023 - Dec 23,2023

Madeleine Moment: The Technology of Memory and Sentiment: Part II

TheCube Project Space

Taipei | Taiwan

Jul 03,2023 - Oct 29,2023

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Articles

“Interweaving Travelers” at New Taipei City Art Museum

Art Asia Pacific 26/01/2024

Before gaining notoriety as “the town that looks like Spirited Away,” Taiwan’s Jiufen was emblematic of the beauty of a country recovering from years of martial law.

Lee Kit’s Ghostly Clouds Question the Limits of Perception

Art Review 20/06/2023

The artist’s lingering outlines hint at the politics of looking and being looked at.

Artists Samson Young, Angela Su and Lee Kit Donate Works to Fundraise for Hong Kong Dealer Anthony Tao Xinshu's Hospital Treatment

The Art Newspaper 21/05/2021

The Gallery Exit founder was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm in December—now 43 artists are selling work to pay for his care.

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Coverage

“ ..Lee devises a situation that delves into our consciousness through seeing, feeling, acting, and simply being... ”
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Osage, Hong Kong

“ ..Lee’s practice proposes the poetics of the everyday; merging art with daily life, questioning the ways in which the viewer interacts with and perceives one’s surroundings... ”
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Lombard-Freid Projects

“ ..For Lee, the spaces in between are as significant as these contemporary readymades, the emptiness just as poignant... ”
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Lombard-Freid Projects

“ ..Lee creates poetic object-based installations fashioned from everyday materials and household items such as soap, towels, cardboard boxes, and plastic containers, which he transforms through subtle gestures... ”
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Walker Art Center