Anthropometry - Walking woman, 156 x 54 x 124 cm. polyurethane, wood. 2017

Anthropometry. 144 x 70 x 51 cm. polyurethane, wood. 2017

Anthropometry. 164 x 57 x 61 cm.polyurethane ,wood,plaster. 2017

ByungHo Lee instills breath and movement into his sculptural work using a soft material, silicone, and an air compressor to compress or inject air quickly. Lee embodies physical/external or mental/internal changes and alterations that he explores constantly using silicone, air and time. However, the external change is not limited to only appearance but also embraces stories about the inner side, mind, society and the times that made this alteration.

His breathing and moving sculpture represents transformation from a child’s face to a skull, from young people’s faces to the elderly faces with deep wrinkles and from the firm skin to the lifeless form exposing the skeleton underneath, which is his own representation of the timeless theme of art – life and death.

ByungHo Lee was born in Seoul in 1976. He obtained both B.A.(2004) and M.A.(2010) degrees in sculpture at Hongik University.

ByungHo Lee