Not For Squares » Chinese folk art http://www.blog.coulsonmacleod.com Genesis of an Art Business called Coulson Macleod Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Coulson Macleod Loves Bovey Lee http://www.blog.coulsonmacleod.com/2010/06/23/coulson-macleod-loves-bovey-lee/ http://www.blog.coulsonmacleod.com/2010/06/23/coulson-macleod-loves-bovey-lee/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:00:02 +0000 Macleod http://www.blog.coulsonmacleod.com/?p=1413 Born and raised in Hong Kong, Bovey Lee felt a special connection to the fading Chinese folk art of paper-cutting. Her work, using impossibly thin rice paper, is obscenely intricate and utterly beautiful.

Bovey Lee, “Spine”, 2007

Bovey Lee, “The Butterfly Gown”, 2010

Bovey Lee, "Tsunami-Enmeshed", 2008

Bovey Lee, “Tsunami-Enmeshed”, 2008

Bovey Lee, "Tsunami-Enmeshed", 2008

Bovey Lee, “Tsunami-Enmeshed”, 2008

Bovey Lee, "Atomic Jellyfish", 2007

Bovey Lee, “Atomic Jellyfish”, 2007

(photos courtesy of Beautiful Decay)

Bovey is currently a full-time artist based in Pittsburgh. Her works have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art;  Museum Bellerive, Zurich; National Glass Centre, UK; Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing; Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan; Hong Kong Museum of Art; and Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands.

Bovey’s art is represented by Grotto Fine Arts Gallery in Hong Kong.

Do visit her website to see her enormous collection of work. Amazing!

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