Haejung Lee, 이 해 정Artist
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Categories: Artist’s Book  Illustration  Sculpture
DMZ; Page Zero  I
비무장지대; 넘을 수 없는 선, 넘길 수 없는 책2026DMZ; Page Zero I translates the political and spatial division of the Korean Demilitarized Zone into the physical structure of an artist’s book. Rather than representing the DMZ solely as an image or geographic line, I consider how division might be encountered through the act of handling and reading.

The work transforms the book. A form typically structured through turning pages and moving forward into a space where passage is interrupted. Hanji and layers of natural lacquer create surfaces that register separation, resistance, and latent tension. Through this material obstruction, the geopolitical boundary becomes a bodily encounter with a line that cannot simply be crossed or turned beyond.
Hanji Paper, 옻 (Lacquer)
[Long Stitch Binding]
8” x 18”

Rull Collection I
2026Collaboration with Artist Wonji Lim .
Inspired by her work Shift Center 2026
Located in the Shift Center 2026

Fibrous food-grade casing, Acrylic Panel, Clear Plastic Sleeve 
[Simple Stitch]
7.5” x 22”

Rull Collection II
2026Collaboration with Artist Wonji Lim .
Inspired by her work Shift Center 2026
Acrylic Panel, Inkjet print on matte photo paper 
[Perfect Binding]
10” x 15”

Coffin Book
2026 
My Coffin reimagines the urn as a book-like container holding an accordion structure made from sausage casing and filled with fragrant tea leaves. Just as sausage casing traditionally encloses flesh, here it holds what remains after the body is gone, transforming the material from a vessel of flesh into a vessel of scent, memory, and spirit. 
Fibrous food-grade casing, Hanji, Tea Leaf
[ClamShell Box]
15” x 10” x 8.5”

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