Lee Bae

{{Short description|South Korean artist}}

Lee Bae (born 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea) is a South Korean visual artist who creates works in black.{{Cite web |title=LEE Bae - Artist - Perrotin |url=https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Bae_Lee/333 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.perrotin.com |language=en}}

During the summer of 2023 a 21 foot high sculpture by the artist, fashioned exclusively from charcoal, was displayed on the pedestrian plaza at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan in New York City. The work was created in continuation of Bae's Issu de Feu series.{{Cite web |last=Monnier |first=Florence |date=2020-12-15 |title=Issu du feu, Lee Bae |url=https://www.fondation-maeght.com/issu-du-feu-lee-bae/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Fondation Maeght |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Saraniero |first=Nicole |date=2023-06-13 |title=A 21-Foot Tall Charcoal Sculpture Now Stands at Rockefeller Center |url=https://untappedcities.com/2023/06/13/charcoal-sculpture-rockefeller-center/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Untapped New York |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Izzo |first=Christina |date=2023-05-19 |title=A 21-foot-tall charcoal sculpture is coming to Rockefeller Center |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-21-foot-tall-charcoal-sculpture-is-coming-to-rockefeller-center-051923 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Time Out New York |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Johyun Gallery and Rockefeller Center present Origin, Emergence, Return featuring Korean artists: Park Seo Bo, Lee Bae, and Jin Meyerson. |url=https://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/johyun-gallery-rockefeller-center-origin-emergence-return/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.rockefellercenter.com |language=en}}

Bae lives and works in both Paris and Seoul.{{Cite web |last=Golata |first=Justine |date=2023-06-06 |title=A 21-Foot-Tall Sculpture Of Stacked Charcoal Will Be On Display At Rockefeller Center |url=https://secretnyc.co/charcoal-sculpture-rockefeller-center/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Secret NYC |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Sarah Belle |date=2023-06-12 |title=Rockefeller Center plays host to new Korean art exhibition and 21-foot outdoor sculpture {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/rockefeller-center-plays-host-to-new-korean-art-exhibition-and-21-foot-outdoor-sculpture/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.amny.com |language=en-US}}

He is represented by Galerie Perrotin.