Anticipated inertia (2 rooms)
MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique is delighted to present Anticipated inertia (2 rooms) by Lee Kit.
He went to Tokyo and booked a hotel room that wasn't very big. He planned to stay in Tokyo for four or five nights without visiting other cities. Upon checking into the hotel, he found the room to be tiny, as he expected. The next day, he booked a room at another nearby hotel, which had a larger lobby and bigger rooms. However, he did not cancel his booking at the first hotel.
From the second day of his trip, he had two places to stay that were close to each other. Each morning, he would wake up in the smaller room, take a shower, and have breakfast there. Then, he would walk to the bigger room with his laptop and books.
On the fourth morning, he followed his usual routine and had breakfast at the hotel. That day, he got up late and went straight to breakfast without taking a shower. He wasn't very hungry but felt like sticking to his routine. After breakfast, he placed his tableware and plate on the return shelf.
He touched his back pocket to make sure his wallet was there, then went to the front desk to check out. His bags, passport, and possibly the room card for the other hotel were still in the room. The hotel staff noticed he didn't have any baggage but didn't ask any questions. After checking out, he left the hotel. He hadn't taken a shower that morning. He stepped outside and looked at the sky.
Lee Kit’s Anticipated inertia (2 rooms) on view at MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique occupies various rooms with a combination of mediums, including a video projection, spray paintings on stainless steel panels, and readymade elements. The gallery’s window too is painted, transforming the gallery into a painterly-like entity.
The Artist
Lee Kit was born in 1978 in Hong Kong; he lives and works in Taipei.
He obtained an MFA in 2009 at the Chinese University of Hong
Kong and in the same year was one of the finalists for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2009-10.
Lee Kit’s work encompasses a wide array of mediums that include painting, drawing, video, installations and hand-painted cloths. Lee’s signature pastel palette translates and enhances the apparently cryptic but profound investigations and reflections on the habits and traces that shape the practice of everyday Life, with the array of ever-changing emotions that it includes.