https://elleeartworks.com el lee Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:55:52 +0000 https://elleeartworks.com en https://elleeartworks.com/Home Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:37:37 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/Home <img width="4920" height="3280" width_o="4920" height_o="3280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54bc4104cd869af5ea2b3131303fa6ea5320525569d29549ffec3937c5d6f0f2/el_lee_smooth-brown-slip.jpg" data-mid="249284359" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54bc4104cd869af5ea2b3131303fa6ea5320525569d29549ffec3937c5d6f0f2/el_lee_smooth-brown-slip.jpg" /> https://elleeartworks.com/description-painting-delivers-a-wall Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:54:40 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/description-painting-delivers-a-wall <img width="7427" height="5305" width_o="7427" height_o="5305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36858500cc6e939c5009ebfccc882a6a17644c72e05b35cfcfa5a903b6899a2f/description-painting-wall-objects-removed_2.jpg" data-mid="249402953" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36858500cc6e939c5009ebfccc882a6a17644c72e05b35cfcfa5a903b6899a2f/description-painting-wall-objects-removed_2.jpg" /> description: painting delivers a wall (12’ X 168’) Oil, canvas, gypsum, marouflage, wood, skin tone complementing nipple cover 2026“description: painting delivers a wall (12’ X 168’)” is a 60” X 60” drywall cutout of a wall in the Logan Center gallery. The cutout exposes a primed canvas lying flush to the underlayer of gypsum, which layed dormant for several months of prior shows, impacted by a history of the wall’s use. “description” bears the traces of institutional–utility–turned–performance as a commentary on the modernist obsession with flatness in painting. Simultaneously, viewer suspicion of the method of installation complicates the object further. In fact, canvas spans the entirety of the interior cavity of the wall, making the reveal itself a confusing system of the indexical, providing a misinterpretation of the internal structure of the wall. Or, at the very least, a paranoia of the object’s interior anatomy.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="2630" height="4151" width_o="2630" height_o="4151" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07ddbcafb1e1b4a2b559b287da76ff19a07e52273bf992aeef871ac15fbc8bd6/el_lee_painting-delivers-a-wall-detail.jpg" data-mid="249512755" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07ddbcafb1e1b4a2b559b287da76ff19a07e52273bf992aeef871ac15fbc8bd6/el_lee_painting-delivers-a-wall-detail.jpg" /> https://elleeartworks.com/smooth-brown-slip Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:54:33 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/smooth-brown-slip <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21eeab11c01e575917c1fa7d85e0c65a0107aaec65c281c0f414b5445b4095d5/el_lee_smooth-brown-slip2.jpg" data-mid="249512801" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21eeab11c01e575917c1fa7d85e0c65a0107aaec65c281c0f414b5445b4095d5/el_lee_smooth-brown-slip2.jpg" /> smooth brown slip oil and skin tone-complementing nipple cover on canvas 90” X 60”, 2026 A singular canvas stretches between two overlapping frames. The first, a large brown monochrome with a hastily mixed square of store-bought “flesh tone” pigment. The second, held at a float away from the ground by the taught substrate, contains a spectrum of gestural semic/asemic writing. <img width="7952" height="5305" width_o="7952" height_o="5305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6810e383fff4562856a742a051d7f46317348aef4dca7ee5509a7e098eda870/072_BOB00323_high-res.JPG" data-mid="249513644" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6810e383fff4562856a742a051d7f46317348aef4dca7ee5509a7e098eda870/072_BOB00323_high-res.JPG" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="7952" height="5305" width_o="7952" height_o="5305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c759ee8f4b40d4e3477bf622698b7adcb90844e14574e0940d097a38565ecec/074_BOB00323_high-res.JPG" data-mid="249512995" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c759ee8f4b40d4e3477bf622698b7adcb90844e14574e0940d097a38565ecec/074_BOB00323_high-res.JPG" /> https://elleeartworks.com/over-and-over-over-and-over Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:55:52 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/over-and-over-over-and-over <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2b2879c51f603977fc348df5627b143ab0f616f6d026b5cf1f219d5c71b9a26/overandoverIG_1.png" data-mid="249517167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2b2879c51f603977fc348df5627b143ab0f616f6d026b5cf1f219d5c71b9a26/overandoverIG_1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97b5cb57c522fab2f7ca7a15a8dbef46b359fe15adaa59535470c8d886400790/overandoverIG_2.png" data-mid="249517179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97b5cb57c522fab2f7ca7a15a8dbef46b359fe15adaa59535470c8d886400790/overandoverIG_2.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2518082159ba369b488fce1d0c474ef7906d07d7411621793452baf91efcedc4/overandoverIG_3.png" data-mid="249517175" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2518082159ba369b488fce1d0c474ef7906d07d7411621793452baf91efcedc4/overandoverIG_3.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/196cd78c6a7afa8dd88ed32351c5da610424fb21a7b44b7fee3418957e76738d/overandoverIG_4.png" data-mid="249517171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/196cd78c6a7afa8dd88ed32351c5da610424fb21a7b44b7fee3418957e76738d/overandoverIG_4.png" /> over and over, over and over Oil, canvas, softcore porn découpage, wood, copper tacks, skin tone complementing bandage 3.25’ X 1.5’ X 1.5’, 2026 <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e13d8cdbf78eb2e5d0c6be0ae5e1f7e11252670b6bafb29f9ea3b13978d4fb6/overandover2_SQUARE.png" data-mid="249518230" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e13d8cdbf78eb2e5d0c6be0ae5e1f7e11252670b6bafb29f9ea3b13978d4fb6/overandover2_SQUARE.png" />over and over, over and over (ii) Oil on canvas 3.25” X 2.5” X 2.5”, 2026 https://elleeartworks.com/acting-white-black-and-in-color Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:14:22 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/acting-white-black-and-in-color <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7997dffa3c5446d796e3727dbb5ad9b40d8bd541597abf9bbb3c5bbcaa9f00b7/acting-white-black-and-in-color.jpg" data-mid="244608339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7997dffa3c5446d796e3727dbb5ad9b40d8bd541597abf9bbb3c5bbcaa9f00b7/acting-white-black-and-in-color.jpg" /> acting white, black, and in color oil on plaster-cast stretcher bars, cement-cast stretcher bar, Hostess Twinkie 48” X 52” X 24”, 2026 https://elleeartworks.com/three-forms-and-a-fold Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:50:43 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/three-forms-and-a-fold <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96a3f278f7f72489e3ce89a07571915d8c0c90403333a2dd18f00561d4f17fd3/three-forms-and-a-fold.jpg" data-mid="244391172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96a3f278f7f72489e3ce89a07571915d8c0c90403333a2dd18f00561d4f17fd3/three-forms-and-a-fold.jpg" /> three forms and a fold oil, canvas, oak&nbsp; 72” X 49”, 2025<img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f9910884285d56269a311ec88cdcf833b8a576cb3761d1c466a01843e62fa55/DSC03435.jpg" data-mid="244391174" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f9910884285d56269a311ec88cdcf833b8a576cb3761d1c466a01843e62fa55/DSC03435.jpg" /> three forms and a foldinstallation view https://elleeartworks.com/left-foot-for-Patricia-Therese-Okoumou Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:50:38 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/left-foot-for-Patricia-Therese-Okoumou <img width="3333" height="5000" width_o="3333" height_o="5000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad8f430b2a1659784f760dca346e2d5d6477f51d9fe31b04ba7a0ee2c1e56b9d/DSC03429.jpg" data-mid="244391074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad8f430b2a1659784f760dca346e2d5d6477f51d9fe31b04ba7a0ee2c1e56b9d/DSC03429.jpg" /> left foot (for Patricia Therese Okoumou) oil, canvas, pine 108” X 92”, 2025<img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cc1ce93d8d740de3818542f369d54b5f2dd03f19eac652696758180d41839cf/DSC03430.jpg" data-mid="244391096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cc1ce93d8d740de3818542f369d54b5f2dd03f19eac652696758180d41839cf/DSC03430.jpg" /> left foot (for Patricia Therese Okoumou) detail <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d99e6b6c006290bcd63fc1f7a8f9b4a6b95cb50a975d73a3922a8bf1831b5583/DSC03431.jpg" data-mid="244391097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d99e6b6c006290bcd63fc1f7a8f9b4a6b95cb50a975d73a3922a8bf1831b5583/DSC03431.jpg" /> left foot (for Patricia Therese Okoumou) detail https://elleeartworks.com/enclosure Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:01:24 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/enclosure <img width="3333" height="5000" width_o="3333" height_o="5000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b676ab81402401965a037342d7e11ec9c1e62900d139ddd8b6eb4bb63d8e6fee/lee_e_5_2025.jpg" data-mid="244389257" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b676ab81402401965a037342d7e11ec9c1e62900d139ddd8b6eb4bb63d8e6fee/lee_e_5_2025.jpg" /> 1997-2023 (enclosure iv)installation view oil, canvas, wood 7’ X 3’; 15” X 9”, 2025<img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35c37843dcaf6c3f1afd8a4900b56a23c12577908253dba1e75a03c36923ecc1/lee_e_3_2025.jpg" data-mid="242422018" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35c37843dcaf6c3f1afd8a4900b56a23c12577908253dba1e75a03c36923ecc1/lee_e_3_2025.jpg" /> kairos (enclosure vi)oil, canvas, wood 13” X 4”, 2025 <img width="2048" height="1638" width_o="2048" height_o="1638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d5ddbccc7356fb4acf1cecb49c91d22fc162519f1f35a00007ad8d47c3d0a52/lee_e_2_2025.jpg" data-mid="242421758" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d5ddbccc7356fb4acf1cecb49c91d22fc162519f1f35a00007ad8d47c3d0a52/lee_e_2_2025.jpg" />1997-2023 (enclosure iv)oil, canvas, wood 10” X 5” <img width="5150" height="3433" width_o="5150" height_o="3433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c32f4f235c08035ba6091a51d6c153d74bca283c8a0b49fb70b8b482763465a6/IMG_9742-2.jpg" data-mid="242421759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c32f4f235c08035ba6091a51d6c153d74bca283c8a0b49fb70b8b482763465a6/IMG_9742-2.jpg" />narrative symbolic (enclosure v)oil, wood, rag 2.5’ X 5’ <img width="3326" height="4989" width_o="3326" height_o="4989" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07bce8af28d825594ef0703ee40e8a1719f74dd02400daa09cb6a58843ce85e1/enclosures-2.png" data-mid="242421764" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07bce8af28d825594ef0703ee40e8a1719f74dd02400daa09cb6a58843ce85e1/enclosures-2.png" />lipstick on a pig (enclosure ii)oil, canvas, wood, traecheostomy tube3’ X 1.5’ <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48efc2aa3f46205a4886ee2fa86c6dfb4d3481c0daee5fd49098ed1ff4d7c995/enclosures-1.JPG" data-mid="242421763" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48efc2aa3f46205a4886ee2fa86c6dfb4d3481c0daee5fd49098ed1ff4d7c995/enclosures-1.JPG" />an uncertain light (enclosure i)oil, canvas, wood, rag 10” X 5” https://elleeartworks.com/persistence-of-vision Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:03:58 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/persistence-of-vision <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c011ccc045bbf13c18185b43b929189b2c71345d91ec7f2600aacc77740edca/lee_e_4_2025.jpg" data-mid="242421673" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c011ccc045bbf13c18185b43b929189b2c71345d91ec7f2600aacc77740edca/lee_e_4_2025.jpg" />persistence of visiontwo paintings of olive trees from Sliman Mansour, oil, wood 2.5” left X 3.5” right X 20”, 2025 https://elleeartworks.com/the-course-of-clouds Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:46:18 +0000 el lee https://elleeartworks.com/the-course-of-clouds <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65e2047657efdaa05d33e5ec13e8182914b68cdf1372a8e3e4367b464ab28353/IMG_9650-copy.jpg" data-mid="234509097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65e2047657efdaa05d33e5ec13e8182914b68cdf1372a8e3e4367b464ab28353/IMG_9650-copy.jpg" />the course of cloudscompressed charcoal, plaster, 3-D printed teargas round dimensions variable, 2025 <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0daffebb52a095197085c375cb69a765db3f3522d994d4ed24c53dabcdacee16/IMG_9699-copy.jpg" data-mid="234509100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0daffebb52a095197085c375cb69a765db3f3522d994d4ed24c53dabcdacee16/IMG_9699-copy.jpg" />the course of cloudsdetail <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95efe6c9c0634a515129d82aee3f7a5ecab4869daefe4eb7464576a2e8efc7e/IMG_9692.JPG" data-mid="234509098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d95efe6c9c0634a515129d82aee3f7a5ecab4869daefe4eb7464576a2e8efc7e/IMG_9692.JPG" /> the course of clouds installation