Yelin lee

participation ritual and social interaction

Care as Concept: Rirkrit Tiravanija and Relational Presence

Relational aesthetics gave me permission to value emotion, intimacy, and shared experience as core elements of practice—even when the work appears minimal.

Memory and Loss: Felix Gonzalez-Torres – Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) (1991)

This piece shows how small, gentle actions in art can talk about big feelings. It taught me how to use materials to connect people through shared emotions.

Ritual, Marking, and Letting Go: Natascha Stellmach in Dialogue with Tattoo Practice

Stellmach’s work reframes art as an act of emotional release, not just representation. It strengthens my belief that tattooing can be ritual, reflection, and reconstruction—all inscribed through mark-making that is both physical and psychic.