1988 Vintage Original Seoul Olympics Lee Bann "Let’s Make.." Poster (Ships in a Tube)

These 32 year old posters are in mint condition and came out of the Galleries original box that we obtained from a storage auction.

Artist: Lee Bann

Title: Let's Make the Whole Demilitarized Zone in a Grand Park for All Korean People and an Olympeace Park

Olympia Seoul Poster size 24" x 36"

Originally printed for the actual Seoul Olympiad by Lloyd Shin who was responsible for finding artists to create the images. 

Lee Bann (b. 1940 - ) is a contemporary Korean artist best known for his DMZ art and culture movement.  He is a painter whose active involvement in exhibitions and symposiums have sparked attention and participation from other artists. For Ban, the focus of his art concerns the issue of overcoming division, which derives from his own father’s defection to North Korea.  

One of Ban’ projects included painting murals in Dorasan station between 2005 and 2007, but they were quickly demolished by the station authority.  Ban gained public attention by filing a lawsuit against the station, raising issues such as the ownership and copyright of artworks, as well as the public role of art.