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 Store in 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
Neo-Primitive_Stool
Aluminum
Aluminum
W 35 × D 35 × H 39 (cm)
2022
‹Neo-primitive› is an object that materializes the individual uniqueness of trees which represents nature by aluminum casting.
The collection shows an relationship between primitivity and modernity, and the boundary between nature and artifacts.
It consists of a series of sculptural objects, chairs and a table that are creatively carved using natural elements such as branches and tree logs. The elements are casted into aluminum, while preserving nature's own shapes by sand mold.
The results have traces of nature as itself, but are made of an unchanging material aluminum, which gives a paradoxical and mysterious atmosphere.
The collection shows an relationship between primitivity and modernity, and the boundary between nature and artifacts.
It consists of a series of sculptural objects, chairs and a table that are creatively carved using natural elements such as branches and tree logs. The elements are casted into aluminum, while preserving nature's own shapes by sand mold.
The results have traces of nature as itself, but are made of an unchanging material aluminum, which gives a paradoxical and mysterious atmosphere.