TOKI Does New York

World Premiere

TOKI, a 3D bunny-girl is the sexually complex subject of beautiful and disturbing video art. Her creator, Hye Rim Lee is not yet a household name in New Zealand, but she should be. Hye Rim is intent on being the next Jeff Koons, who is arguably one of New York’s most successful artists. Already represented by the most important gallery in Asia, Kukje Gallery, this year she’s taken on the West. In 2008, Hye Rim’s works have exhibited in Berlin, Wellington, Auckland, Shanghai, Seoul, Sydney, Spain and New York City.

TOKI Does New York partners the bubbly, vivacious and driven Hye Rim and her uber-sexy creation TOKI as they open a ‘make or break’ solo-show at the Max Lang gallery in New York’s art capital, Chelsea. And to add to the pressure Hye Rim transforms herself into TOKI for a live performance with underground musician Jed Town.

Art is not just about making works that look good. Hye Rim shows us how pivotal networking, being in the right place at the right time and hard work is to her success. She is a New Zealander making New Zealand work, but with a very international approach and currency.

TOKI Does New York gives the audience an exclusive inside view of the New York art scene, and through Hye Rim, we learn what it takes to make it in one of the toughest art cities of the world.