Roger Lee

My work explores the sensual relationship between the object and the body. I have been investigating various forms that address issues of sensuality within objects that are intimate in form, scale, surface, gesture, and the human interaction. I am attracted to surfaces that mimic soft folds of the skin, bulbous forms of the body, and a sense of fullness that speaks of the interior of the form. There is a playful gesture to my work that evokes pleasure and invites the sense of touch, evoking the sensation of skin being poked, pushed, pulled, squeezed, and caressed. 

As a response to the materials I use, the forms in my work reflect upon my relationship to the natural world; intended to interact with through internal thoughts and feelings without the impressions of “things” that objectify the body. These ceramic sculptures provide a counterpoint to how we might reconsider our personal boundaries between what is sensual to what is sexual by investigating the senses rather than the preconceived objects of the body.

These are an ongoing series of work in which I am exploring an element of design in its respect to space. Through the intersection of lines "drawn" through the parameters of the site, forms are created to redefine the space provided. As a part of my installation, a source of light is used to create a projected image of the form, again redefining the space but into a single image. Through these studies I attempt to discover a new way of visualizing space and exploring the relationship between spatial and pictorial contexts through the investigation of line and form.