Like the early Abstract Expressionist sculptor, Reuben Nakian, Won Lee belongs to a heroic tradition in sculpture. Less a classical formalist than Nakian, Lee keeps an intense eye on each maneuver as he models the clay, working in direct response to his models. Each detail is attenuated, the treatment comparable in some ways to the late existential work of Giacometti. Lee¡ ̄s figures are focused on a holistic pattern involving texture and exaggerated mannerisms of scale and proportion. He inscribes the ambient parts with a subtle, yet assured tactile resonance and, in doing so, manages to accentuate a faceting of the surface that enhances the feel of the material.