Outtakes from our shoot with Issue 00 cover star Yona Lee

FashionPrint Magazine

28 Feb

Written By The Art Paper

Photography: Adam Bryce
Creative Direction: Becky Hemus

Yona Lee wears Harris Tapper Wes Shirt in black, Levi's Ribcage Straight jeans, New Balance sneakers.

Yona Lee wears Theory combo knit dress in black, New Balance sneakers.

“Lee’s domestically-scaled artworks are contained, like individual sculptural paintings that could be transported anywhere. Although they often consist of the same foundational materials as her large-scale sculptures—stainless steel pipes and familiar, locally sourced objects—it feels as if the artworks are instruments contributing to a symphony, unlike the larger installations that command and change their surrounding paths."— Shamima Lone on Yona Lee in The Art Paper Issue 00

Yona Lee wears Maggie Marilyn Sunday Kind Of Love Jacket in black, Maggie Marilyn Any Time Any Place Dress in ivory, New Balance sneakers.

Yona Lee photographed for The Art Paper Issue 00. Buy it here Now.

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Outtakes from our shoot with Issue 00 cover star Yona Lee

Yona Lee's sculptural practice combines elaborate linear structures of stainless steel tubing with everyday objects of urban and domestic spaces. Our inaugural Issue 00 features Lee photographed alongside a selection of her sculptures.

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Outtakes from our shoot with Issue 00 cover star Yona Lee

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