New York-based, South Korean multimedia artist Hayoon Jay Lee uses rice as her primary medium. Lee meticulously arranges individual grains to create abstract canvases that resemble otherworldly landscapes. For Lee, rice is much more than a material: in addition to the significant cultural role it plays in East Asian countries, Lee considers how it relates to life and death, brings people together, and can be used politically. The artist was drawn to rice in part from her experience witnessing widespread hunger while growing up in South Korea and began to contemplate the seed’s vital importance.

生活工作在纽约，韩国多媒体艺术家李钟顺（Hayoon Jay Lee）以稻米作为主要媒介。通过精心摆放每一粒稻米来制造抽象的画布，李钟顺为观者呈现出一种世外桃源的景象。对李钟顺而言，稻米不仅仅是一种材料：除了其在东亚国家扮演的重要文化角色外，她还考虑了它与生死的关系，以及它在社会和政治中起到的作用。艺术家之所以被稻米吸引，部分源于她在韩国成长时见证到的普遍饥饿现象，并开始思考这种种子的重要性。