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Sohl Lee

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Writer and art historian of contemporary art; professor at Stony Brook University (SUNY). For seaweed, sciences, and food, follow @planetartlife

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Great to be back @gettymuseum — Innovation and Scholarship panel at the Getty Scholars Program 40th anniversary symposium, moderated by Nancy Um.

With @tiffanyebarber, @suzanne.hudson.50 , and myself, we approached the question of “innovation” from different edges of the discipline—body and performance, art theory and historiography, and ocean ecology and art.

An interdisciplinary conversation that pressed on the limits—and possibilities—of art history today:
What propels the field forward?
What might innovation look like with equity at its center?
What does art history offer to the world beyond itself?

Grateful for the generous and deeply engaged audience.
Community and Engagement panel led by Miguel de Baca —with @igormsimoes @sandrajacksondumon and Rachel Rivenc by @sohl.l

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Thanks everyone for showing up at the Tea Talk Tuesdays on June 3, and let me share "Citrus at Sea" and stories of art and cultural connections through seaweed. Thanks to Judiann, Sarah, and Brian @foodlabsh Stony Brook Southampton (I look forward to future collaborations), @kelly.dennis.esq for trying sprinkles of ulva (파래) from the South Shore on the pie--and always @jeremynative for fun photos. Citrus at Sea 🍋🌊

Kelp Graham Cracker Crust

1½ cups graham cracker crumbs (about 12 sheets)
⅓ cup sugar
6 Tbsp melted butter
¼ cup finely ground Korean dasima (kombu)

Mix ingredients, press into a pie dish, and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 8–10 minutes. Let cool.

Lemon Filling

½ cup fresh lemon juice
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Pinch of salt

Whisk until smooth and pour into the cooled crust. Chill until set (about 2–3 hours).

Top with whipped cream before serving. Lemon jest and dasima powder (or any seaweed powder for extra topping)

A pie inspired by seaweed cultures across Korea, Hawaiʻi, Brittany, and Long Island—where the ocean meets citrus.

#CitrusAtSea #SeaweedStories #Dasima #Kombu #FoodCulture #OceanFood #SeaweedAsMethod #TeaTalkTuesday taken in Stony Brook Southampton by @sohl.l

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Join author Sohl Lee at Midnight Books for a special presentation on her recent publication The Minjung Art Movement: Decolonization and Democracy in South Korea.

In the 1970s and 1980s, a striking form of activist art emerged in South Korea during the mass pro-democracy struggles that culminated in the establishment of direct presidential elections in 1987. Known as the minjung (people’s) art movement (minjung misul undong), this multifaceted cultural activism defined the visual language of dissent under conditions shaped by authoritarian rule and the global Cold War. Drawing on Sohl Lee’s recent book—the first comprehensive art historical study devoted to the artists and collectives of the movement—this talk argues that minjung art articulated what Lee calls the conjoined aspirations of decolonization and democracy. Hundreds of artists mobilized printmaking, murals, performance, and image circulation to build what she describe as movement publics, reimagining sovereignty not as a constitutional endpoint but as an ongoing collective practice.

We are grateful for the support of our community partners, Women Cross DMZ, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, and Nodutdol. by @sohl.l

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Noon HST is 6 pm EST. Connecting through Cultural Foods. Korea x Hawaii --Happy to collaborate with Courtney Caranguian, hailing from Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies--and Kelsey Amos from Motherwit, Kahealani Collins and Malia Kaupe from Kalauokekahuli! Register for Zoom Link— https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSnfCWmS8y5INpXrJNU3WBb-LxS5GGudZznrxeaJdffhQY2g/viewform?usp=send_form by @sohl.l

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Connection matters.

‘From Seaweed to Sovereignty:
A Discussion with the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers’
Part of the Planet - Art - Life Series on Climate, Culture, and Creative Resistance

Monday, October 20th from 12:30-2:00pm
in the @stonybrooku, Staller Center Recital Hall, West Campus
100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Free and open to the public

“Join us for a talk with the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, the first Indigenous women-led aquaculture collective on the East Coast. Learn how they’re restoring Shinnecock Bay through seaweed farming, blending ancestral knowledge with climate science to resist settler colonialism and reclaim sovereignty. A Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture co-sponsored by Stony Brook University College of Arts and Sciences, @zuccairegallery at Stony Brook University, HISB, NAIS, and the Art Department. Speakers: Shinnecock Kelp Farmers Danielle Hopson Begun, Donna Collins-Smith, moderator: @sohl.l, Associate Professor of Art History. Followed by a reception with light refreshments.”

Regenerating for generations. Harvesting hope.
💙🌎💙 taken in Staller Center for the Arts by @sohl.l

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@seaweed_city in #governorsisland #nycclimateweek Sugar kelp is grown and harvested in Yankee Pier on Governors Island, and then dried. Smoosh them to make it into soil amendment for gardens; ferment anaerobically for two months to make kelp juice--and return nitrogen to our soil. After two months, sugar kelp is still very much intact! Looking forward to learning more about the amazing work at Seaweed City! taken in Yankee Pier At Governors Island by @sohl.l

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Join Asia Society Museum Director @nakamoriyasufumi on Monday, Oct. 7, for a conversation with art historians Dr. @sohl.l and Dr. Jung Joon Lee on how South Korean art has developed since the 1980s with concurrent global and national historical events.

Their latest research uncovers untold stories through postwar #Korean #art, offering a fuller picture of life in South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s, and highlighting the power of art in times of uncertainty.

Swipe to explore a couple of the featured artworks in this discussion!

RSVP via the link in bio.

Credit:
1. Jung Jung-yeob, Up!, 1988, woodcut, 34 x 27 cm. Courtesy artist.
2. Yong Suk Kang, From Dongducheon, 1982, gelatin silver print, 25x17cm. Courtesy artist.

#southkorea #koreanart #museum #nycevent #photography #dongducheon taken in Asia Society New York by @sohl.l

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A 500 year-old Elaeocarpus sylvestris, which usually grows so slowly and is now 11.5 meters high. Located 50 meters South of the origin of natural spring, just off the Gangjeong navy base in Jeju. During the construction of a bridge leading to the base, the overflow of spring kept the tree underwater for 2 weeks during which it lost half of its volume. One trunk got rotten. Still incredibly magnificent in its former half. 강정동 담팔수 너무 늦게 자라는 나무라 반천년 만에 11.5 미터 자랐다. 해군기지로 가는 다리를 짖는 과정에서 용천수 및 내천을 건드려 나무가 2주동안 물에 잠겨 반은 떨어져 나갔지만 아직도 영험하다… My phone couldn’t capture the depth of its spirituality. Thanks Myeolchi for the tour! #멸치와함께 #umi #gangjeongbase #gangjeongpeacenetwork by @sohl.l

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9/25-9/28 at le Centre des Archives diplomatiques du ministère des Affaires étrangères. The first visit to Paris since 2005. #jyaparis #reidhall If anyone is in Paris, DM me for a coffee or a dinner! taken in Paris, France by @sohl.l

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Thanks for your warm welcome and fun times @fspedalieri @memmingpark #miradourodagraca sunset #champalimaud #carcabelosbeach teaching #공기놀이 five-stone-play to kids at #museolisboa at the Korea Day #companhiaportuguezadocha and a newly found favorite tea Macarons taken in Lisbon, Portugal by @sohl.l

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Hello from Lisbon, the capital of ceramic tiles and trans-oceanic trades of Chinese porcelains! A terrific #tilesworkshoplisbon to produce multicolor #henrimatisse inspired seaweed-scape and #kenoujakashevak rabbit eating seaweed inspired tiles #sohlleesseaweedproject taken in Lisbon, Portugal by @sohl.l

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Sohl Lee's top picks from Frieze Seoul Viewing Room 2023

The art historian and author of 'Reimagining Democracy' recommends five favorites including works by Otobong Nkanga, Lee Bul and Adrian Villar Rojas

Frieze Seoul Viewing Room closes tomorrow at 4PM KST. To read the full article and explore, hit the link in bio

1. Wook-kyung Choi, 'Untitled', 1968. @tinakimgallery

2. SUNG NEUNG KYUNG, 'Smoking - contact print', 1976. @lehmannmaupin

3. Adrian Villar Rojas, 'UNTITLED 17, FROM THE SERIES THE END OF IMAGINATION', 2023. @kurimanzutto

4. Otobong Nkanga, 'Altered Life', 2023. @lisson_gallery

5. Sohl Lee. Photograph by E. Park

Headline Partner, Frieze Seoul - @lg_oledart

Global Lead Partner - @deutschebank @deutschebankart

#FriezeSeoul #FriezeViewingRoom taken in Seoul, Korea by @sohl.l

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