A Photography Exhibition by Sean Lee

Objectifs
12A Liang Seah Street
July 27 - Aug 17, Mon to Fri 1100am - 700pm, Sat 100pm - 500pm
Admission is free

Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night showcases works by up-and-coming photographer Sean Lee. Like stills captured from a film, these photographs feature his family members in constructed narratives within each picture. The scenes are seemingly uneventful to challenge the way people ascribe meaning to mundane realities of everyday life, yet every element within the picture, including the sitter, are meant to be seen as a unified system of signs – open for interpretation according to the audience’s wishes.

Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night © Sean Lee

The Death of a Salesman © Sean Lee

Artist's Statement

“I am very interested in the fictive nature of photography and how it is useful in the staging of realities and the construction of narratives. The idea of a fictional narrative within the context of an actual, traceable environment distorts the familiar by blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
           
With my pictures, I hope to challenge the way people ascribe meaning to seemingly uneventful situations and to the mundane or ambiguous realities of life. I am curious to find out about how the narrative quality of an image inspires ideas and emotions and how it causes people to imagine a past or a future to what they see.

My works are short stories within themselves. For now, a large part of my work revolves around my family members in the comfort of our own home. They were chosen as my subjects because they are exclusively accessible only to me, and at the same time, it is also a satisfying challenge to re-present the people that I am most familiar with.“