Yelin lee

temporality memory and material narratives

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.

Time as Material: Sarah Sze and the Sculptural Logic of Overload

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

Vanishing Points: Olafur Eliasson and the Weight of the Ephemeral

Eliasson models how to make invisible threats visible—whether environmental or emotional—through material transformation and public presence.