Deok is particularly interested to portray the modern human’s plight in the context of industrialization. His larger-than-life nude sculptures, painstakingly welded out of used chains, portray sometimes broken, often people, using a material that exemplifies our mechanized world. Taking inspiration from the British artist Anthony Gormley, Deok has personified our struggles in the most beautiful way we have ever seen. Please go to his website, where you will find dozens of images of this exhaustive body of upcycled work.
+ Seo Young Deok
Via Yatzer
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Seo Young Deok’s unbelievable nude sculptures capture the essence of the human condition so deeply that it’s difficult to fathom that they’re made from something as mundane as bike chains. Created from masses of upcycled plain and bicycle chains, these powerful renditions of angst-ridden faces and bodies were collected in a solo exhibition called “Dystopia” at the INSA/Arko Art Center that took place in Seoul this past October. Major kudos to Yatzer for spotting this young Korean artist’s work, which…
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Never before have we been so deeply stirred by a body of upcycled art
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Seo Young Deok is a Korean artist
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Dystopia was a solo exhibition held during October in Seoul
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These often larger-than-life sculptures are painstakingly welded together out of regular, and bicycle chains
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The detail on this anguished nude bust is unbelievable!
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Deok is concerned to represent the modern human
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His pieces show anguish, worry, struggle – all in the industrial context
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He is inspired in part by British artist Anthony Gormley
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Seo Young Deok’s work is definitely unique
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The nudes are often broken
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Some are fallen on the ground
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The material choice also exemplifies our mechanized/industrial condition
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Really, this is some of the most astonishing work we have ever seen!
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