Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Steven Young Lee perfectly formed and then deconstructed this vase. A closer look reveals roaming dinosaurs, which transform a traditional Chinese landscape painting on porcelain.
- Lee expresses the artist’s role in questioning boundaries: “As artists, our role is to observe, question, and articulate the moment. An important aspect of this work is the sincerity of the investigation and the willingness to engage in difficult conversations. . . . while boundaries do exist, the mere fact of their existence invites—if not demands—that they be confronted, challenged, and reshaped.”
- This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Steven Young Lee, born Chicago, IL 1975
- Date
- 2014
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Richard Fryklund, Giselle and Ben Huberman, David and Clemmer Montague, and museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
- Copyright
- © 2014, Steven Young Lee
- Medium
- porcelain with pigment and glaze
- Dimensions
- 20 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (52.1 × 34.3 × 32.4 cm)
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
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