Losing Ghosts
Detour Gallery, 545 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
January 28 – January 31, 2026
[Exhibition Review: White Hot Magazine]
“Sona Lee’s visual space sways between dream and reminiscence. Memory refuses corroboration. Lee also refuses to let time, space, or cognition solidify into rigid logic, allowing fluidity to find a chance to breathe, swallow, and not terminate, learning to accept the asymmetry between the subject and the "suspended other" within and beside it. Consequently, the viewer’s gaze finds no place to rest, the illusion of cognition dissolves.”
“Sona Lee’s visual space sways between dream and reminiscence. Memory refuses corroboration. Lee also refuses to let time, space, or cognition solidify into rigid logic, allowing fluidity to find a chance to breathe, swallow, and not terminate, learning to accept the asymmetry between the subject and the "suspended other" within and beside it. Consequently, the viewer’s gaze finds no place to rest, the illusion of cognition dissolves.”
installation view from ‘Losing Ghosts’
(left) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2024
oil on canvas
72 x 180 inches
oil on canvas
72 x 180 inches
(right) A Silent Call, 2026
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
installation view from ‘Losing Ghosts’
(left) A Soft Trace, 2026
oil on canvas
8 x 8 inches
oil on canvas
8 x 8 inches
(middle) Day and Night, 2026
oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches
oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches
(right) Alien, 2024
oil on linen
10 x 8 inches
oil on linen
10 x 8 inches
installation view from ‘Losing Ghosts’
(right) A Silent Call, 2026
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
(left) A Soft Trace, 2026
oil on canvas
8 x 8 inches
oil on canvas
8 x 8 inches
installation view from ‘Losing Ghosts’