Masterpiece Craftworks

Choi Byung Hoon created a new genre that he referred to as “art furniture.” He worked on this piece with dao (道) and zen (禪) in mind—both traditional philosophies that penetrated his work—as its motifs mainly draw on basalt and ash trees.

Textile artist Chang Yeonsoon’s work. This was completed by adding indigo dye and sewing to abaca fabric. It is a kind of textile sculpture consisting of 11 pieces of different sculptures in a cluster.

Metal artist Lee Sanghyeob creates huge sculptures by beating a silver plate, which is one of the noble metals. He even hammers thousands or tens of thousands of times to make a moon jar with a maximum diameter of 63 centimeters.

This is one of the best-known works by Lee Hun Chung, an artist who presents sculptures and architectural structures using clay as his main material. A large-scale work presented in 2018, this work is a “wooden house” measuring 2.8 meters wide and long.

Ceramist Lee Seung Hee works both in Jingdezh, China, and Korea. He presented this work for an exhibition held at the Clayarch Gimhae Museum in 2020. Lee created a “universe” by filling an entire space with ceramic plates in various colors.

This is the latest work by Lee Kwang-Ho, who became a world-class artist through his “Knot” series, which present things like chairs and tables by closely weaving wires. The photo is a view of the Composition in Blue exhibition held at Leeahn Gallery in 2020.

One of the best-known works by artist Seunghee Son, who works on supersized stained glass. It was completed by manually cutting transparent colored glass into pieces and attaching mosaic to emphasize transparency and gluing other pieces of colored glass onto it.