Sisan Lee (b.1995) explores the boundary where nature and the artificial meet. Moving between urban and natural environments, he reflects the structural order of industry and the sensory experiences of nature in his work. Collecting materials such as stone, wood, and metal from natural and industrial contexts, he examines the relational tension between their contrasting qualities through sculptural experimentation, narrowing or widening the gap between them. These inquiries manifest in forms spanning space, furniture, and sculpture, constructing scenes in which industrial order coexists with the imperfections of nature.



WORKS
Proportions of Stone
Stone Pagoda
Neo Primitive
Megalith
Earth Pieces
X Chair

PROJECTS
GUCCI ‘Bamboo Encounters’
RIMOWA Event in Seoul
RIMOWA ‘As seen by’
RAINS in Coex
RAINS in Seoungsu
OMAR AFRIDI Showroom in Tokyo
OMAR AFRIDI ‘Primitive Tech’
OMAR AFRIDI Exclusive Hanger
YOUTH Store in Seoungsu
OBSCURA Store in Dosan
OBSCURA Store in Seoungsu

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INFORMATION
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Aluminum Branches
W 127 × D 20 × H 46.5 (cm)
2025

‹Neo-Primitive› series is created using apple tree branches collected after seasonal pruning in the orchard once tended by the artist’s grandmother. Using sand molds, the artist casts these branches in aluminum, transferring the natural forms as they are.

While the shape of the wood is preserved, it is translated into aluminum, an industrial material. Through this process, the work exists in a state that is neither wood nor metal, revealing an ambiguous material relationship between nature and the artificial, primitivity and modernity.

The structure derived from natural forms meets the permanence of metal, preserving traces of the artist’s memories of his hometown and grandmother in an enduring form. At the same time, the work functions as a medium that connects past and present, where memory and material converge across different moments in time.    
Mark