ARTIST

• Duck, Drawn, 2025, pencil on endpaper, 14.6×22 cm(2).
• Feather Cuts, 2025, polystyrene foam, rebar, dimensions variable.
• and Good night, 2021, acrylic on CVC fabric, 38×45.7 cm.
• Not a thing yet_clench, 2025, acrylic on photographic paper, 170×120 cm.
• Feather Cuts, 2025, gold foam, dimensions variable.

Leehaeminsun’s work investigates the meanings and boundaries that emerge in the act of perceiving objects. Her primary subjects are the ambiguous entities that cross over borderlines and the peripherals that exist on the margins of mainstream narratives. In <Phantom Touch Object>, she examines the intersection of body, space, and presence through discarded orthopedic casts. 
Since 2022, Lee has collected used plaster casts from hospitals, studying them as remnants of bodies that have moved on, leaving behind only empty shells. Rather than treating them as mere medical waste, she reinterprets them as objects that persist in existence between bodies. 
Surrounded by these casts in her studio, Lee shifts her attention not to the material itself but to the air passing through the cracks and hollow structures. Rather than displaying casts as they are, she reframes them as independent entities with their own evolving presence, exploring the boundary between present existence and latent memory.  
Exhibited in Ham Orthopedic Clinic, which used to be a historic medical facility, it resonates with the theme of absence and transformation. Once filled with life and movement, the space now stands empty, awaiting new stories to unfold through the presence of the audience. Through this interplay of objects, memory, and space, visitors are invited to reconsider the shifting boundaries of existence and absence. 
(The title Phantom Touch Object is derived from the concept of “phantom pain,” experienced in amputated limbs, replacing “pain” with “touch” to suggest an alternative sensory engagement.)