Harry Yechan Lee



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모(毛)양반 - Mo-Yang Ban series
Untitled (Damen Silos)
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John
The five years I’ve waited for my grandfather to come out and hug me 
Eve and Adam
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                                                The Hairy Aristocrat [모(毛)양반] series

                                                                               Coyote Fur Coat, Caucasian Silicone Mask

                                                                                                               2026–ongoing 

                                                                                                                          




The title of the series: 모(毛)양반 - Mo Yang-Ban hich directly translates in to “Hairy Aristocrat”. 모양반- The Hairy Aristocrat was a character that reappeared throughout Korean traditional mask dance dramas (Talchum, 탈춤) such as 동래야류 (Dongrae-Yaryu) and 수영야류 (Suyoung-Yaryu) started in the Joseon Dynasty. Historically, this 모양반 (The Hairy Aristocrat) character was used by the “common” people and the performers of the drama to make fun of the ruling class by using this “in-between” character - the lore of the mongrel, begins with an assumption that this being is a hybrid born of an aristocrat(Yang-ban, 양반) and a beast, such as a dog or monkey. This Korean historical character, in this contemporary iteration and as an (North) American iteration, has been reimagined and recontextualized.