SisanLee (b. 1995) Korea is a designer/artist based in Seoul. He majored in spatial design and works mainly on interior design, furniture and sculptures. He became interested in nature while attending a university surrounded by mountains and rivers and was attracted to the uniqueness of stones, that contrasts to artifacts which were made by standardized processes. He finds a point of contact in the confrontational relationship between nature and artificiality, primitivity and modernity, and incorporates it into his work. He crosses nature and cities and collects raw materials such as stones, trees, and metals around him over a long period of time. The physical properties of the collected materials are identified and used as they are to produce them in a way that allows the purity to be preserved without being destroyed. The results produced through this method have a unique individual uniqueness,distanced from objects created through the design process of the traditional industry.
WORKS
Proportions of Stone
Stone Pagoda
Neo Primitive
Megalith
Earth Pieces
X Chair
PROJECTS
RIMOWA Event in Seoul
RIMOWA ‘As seen by’
RAINS in Seoungsu
RAINS in Timesquare Seoul
OMAR AFRIDI ‘Primitive Tech’
OMAR AFRIDI Exclusive Hanger
YOUTH Store in Seoungsu
OBSCURA Store in Dosan
OBSCURA Pop up Store
OBSCURA Store in Seoungsu
PRESS
INFORMATION
Earth Pieces
Casted Aluminum with Broken Marble
W 82 × D 38.5 × H 35 (cm) /
W 36.5 × D 33 × H 40 (cm)
2023
Lee combines marble, formed over a long period in nature through heat and pressure, with aluminum, an industrial material. He integrates the confrontational properties of marble and aluminum into one piece using the terrazzo technique, thereby exploring the relationship between these two different materials. Through the heterogeneous textures resulting from the differences in materials and the ease with which these two materials come together due to their distinct physical characteristics, he seeks to convey a harmony within the discord between nature and artificiality.