05/19/2025
Cheon pyo Lee
Posture Correction
Opening reception Friday May 23, 6 - 9
Through a series of constructed forms, Posture Correction explores how repeated gestures of submission— apologies, softened tones, deferential postures—accumulate in the body. While emotional labor is deeply physical, it is often rendered invisible, expected to remain efficient, polite, and dehumanized. This exhibition brings those unseen exertions to the surface, translating their silent endurance into sculptural material.
Grounded in the artist’s own lived experience of migration, the work reflects on broader conditions of
mobility, economic precarity, and social expectation. These sculptures aim to “fix” the body while affirming its pain and ability to wear pain with dignity. By offering to correct these postures, the exhibition proposes a
shift in perception, inviting viewers to recognize and reflect on the unseen burdens so many carry.
