ByungHo Lee
이병호는 실리콘이라는 부드러운 소재와 공기를 빠르게 압축시키거나 주입하는 에어 컴프레서를 이용하여 조각에 숨/움직임을 부여하는 작업을 해오고 있다. 작가가 끊임없이 천착하고 있는 물리적/외형적 혹은 정신적/내면적인 변화와 변질이라는 것을 실리콘과 시간, 공기를 이용하여 시각적으로 구현한다. 그러나 이러한 표면적인 변화는 겉모습에 한정하고 있지 않으며 이를 비롯하게 한 내면, 정신, 사회, 시대적인 이야기를 내포하고 있다.
그의 숨 쉬고 움직이는 조각들은 어린아이의 얼굴이 해골의 형상이 되고, 젊은 남녀의 얼굴이 주름 가득한 노인의 모습이 되며, 팽팽하던 피부가 살갗아래 묻힌 골격을 드러내고 생기를 잃어가는 변화를 드러내는데 이는 미술의 역사 안에서 끊임없이 다뤄지는 삶과 죽음에 대한 주제의 이병호식 재현이다.
ByungHo Lee instills breath and movement into his sculptural work using a soft material, silicone, and an air compressor to compress or inject air quickly. Lee embodies physical/external or mental/internal changes and alterations that he explores constantly using silicone, air and time. However, the external change is not limited to only appearance but also embraces stories about the inner side, mind, society and the times that made this alteration.
His breathing and moving sculpture represents transformation from a child’s face to a skull, from young people’s faces to the elderly faces with deep wrinkles and from the firm skin to the lifeless form exposing the skeleton underneath, which is his own representation of the timeless theme of art – life and death.
Works
The Two Shades, 2020, polyurethane, wood, wire, plaster, iron, 205x143x135cm Following Adam’s pose, 2020, polyurethane, wood, wire, iron, plaster, 235x285x240cm Bust_#8, 2020, acrylic on sculpture, 40x16x14cm Bust_#6, 2020, polyurethane, 39x18x16cm Bust_#7, 2020, polyurethane, 43x15x17cm Triptych,2016- 2019,polyurethane, plaster, wood, 88x100x86cm Statue X,2019,polyurethane, plaster, wood, 200x83x92cm Anthropometry, 2019, Busan Museum of Art
Anthropometry, 2019, Busan Museum of Art Anthropometry, 2019, Busan Museum of Art (left) Deep Breathing, (right) Vanitas Bust, installation view, Busan Museum of Art Seated Figure, 2019, silicone, air compressor, iron, black water, 240x150x190cm Seated Figure, 2019, silicone, air compressor, iron, black water, 240x150x190cm Anthropometry, 2018, polyurethane, wood, plaster, 100x87x57cm Anthropometry, 2018, polyurethane, wood, plaster, 88x144x38cm (left) Statue X, 2018, polyurethane, wood, plaster, 29x119x139cm (right) Anthropometry, 2018, polyurethane, wood, plaster, 88x144x38cm Bust, 2017, polyurethane, plaster, epoxy, 37x18x49cm Anthropometry, 2017, polyurethane, wood, 144x70x51cm. Anthropometry-Walking woman. 2017, polyurethane, wood, 156x54x124cm Anthropometry, 2017, polyurethane , wood, plaster, 164x57x61cm Anthropometric-Torso, 2016, polyurethane, wood, plaster, wire, 22x51x89cm Bust, 2016, polyurethane, 22x30.3x49cm Triptych, 2016, polyurethane, iron, wood, dimentions variable Two Figures, 2016, polyurethane, wood, plaster, aluminium, 61x244x151cm - detail Two Figures, 2016, polyurethane, wood, plaster, aluminium, 61x244x151cm A couple an artist and the muse, 2012, silicone, air compressor, 113x71x53cm Danaid, 2012, silicone, air compressor, 24x51x30.5cm Deep Breathing, 2011, silicone. air compressor 57x165x37cm Prayer, 2011, silicone, air compressor, 28x29x28cm Portrait of the Man, 2011 silicone, air compressor, 51x24x30.5cm Blow-up, 2008, resin. string, 79x80x27cm Blow-Up, 2008, silicone, air compressor, twine, variable installtion Vanitas Bust, 2010 silicone, air compressor, 56x27x23cm Childhood, 2007, silicone, air compressor, 27x19x17cm Torso, 2007, silicone, air compressor, 70x59x26cm
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ByungHo Lee: Anthropometry
14 September - 15 October, 2017