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Lee Wen (Chinese: 李文; pinyin: Lǐ Wén; 1957–2019) was a Singapore-based performance artist who shaped the development of performance art in Asia. He worked on the notion of identity, ethnicity, freedom, and the individual's relationship to communities and the environment.
Mar 3, 2019 · Lee Wen (b. 1957, Singapore–d. 3 March 2019, Singapore) was a multidisciplinary artist and one of Singapore’s most internationally recognised contemporary artists. 1 A local pioneer of performance art who is best known for his Yellow Man series, Lee promoted the art form during a time when it was difficult to do so. 2 Lee’s ...
Mar 4, 2019 · SINGAPORE - Singaporean performance artist Lee Wen, best known for his Yellow Man series, has died of a lung infection. He was 61.
Mar 5, 2019 · Famed Singaporean performance artist, Lee Wen, passed away of a lung infection on Sunday, March 3. He died at the age of 61 at Alexandra Hospital while being surrounded by his family and...
Mar 4, 2019 · Lee Wen, beloved pioneer of performance art in Singapore, has died at 61 years old of a lung infection on Sunday, 3rd March 2019. The Cultural Medallion recipient best known for his Yellow Man series also suffered from Parkinson’s disease.
In 1990, the Singaporean performance artist and writer Lee Wen produced an acrylic painting on canvas of a roughly sketched, acid-yellow figure sitting astride an ochre-hued horse, one arm crooked jauntily at the hip, defiantly facing the alien landscape in front of him.
'Strange Fruit' comprises a series of photographs documenting Lee Wen’s journey through the streets and coastline of eastern Singapore, dressed up as the titular ‘strange fruit’.
