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Bodily Material

Whether through sight, sound, or textures, humans are always receiving sensory data and reacting. The way we think of ourselves, however, is sometimes less fundamental or elemental, while many contemporary artists have worked to draw our intimate and personal associations or attachments to sensations.

Exploring the abject and extreme limitations of our bodies as physical and emotional entities is artist Mire Lee. Our cover Feature is a conversation between Lee and curator

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Christine Han is a Singapore-based art writer. She was previously a contributing editor at World Sculpture News and Asian Art News, and her writing has appeared in Artforum, ArtAsiaPacific, Artlink, e-flux, Frieze, Flash Art, Mousse, Ocula, and Sculp

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