Seo Young Deok’s Larger-Than-Life Nude Sculptures Are Upcycled From Thousands of Bike Chains

<a href="http://blog.naver.com/duck8383">Seo Young Deok's</a> 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 <a href="http://www.insaartspace.or.kr/exhibitionsEN.asp">INSA/Arko Art Center</a> that took place in Seoul this past October. Major kudos to Yatzer for spotting this young Korean artist's work, which has definitely stirred the depth of this writer's soul.

Never before have we been so deeply stirred by a body of upcycled art

Seo Young Deok is a Korean artist

Dystopia was a solo exhibition held during October in Seoul

These often larger-than-life sculptures are painstakingly welded together out of regular, and bicycle chains

The detail on this anguished nude bust is unbelievable!

Deok is concerned to represent the modern human

His pieces show anguish, worry, struggle - all in the industrial context

He is inspired in part by British artist Anthony Gormley

Seo Young Deok's work is definitely unique

The nudes are often broken

Some are fallen on the ground

The material choice also exemplifies our mechanized/industrial condition

Really, this is some of the most astonishing work we have ever seen!