contemporary artist

Artist: Jang Yong Sun

Jang Yong Sun is a Korean artist who was a part of a solo exhibition entitled “Particles of Dark Matter”. In this exhibition, he has a series of interesting sculptures where he creates giant organic shapes through welding together a multitude of steal rings. These sculptures appear to be meticulously formed to emphasize the organic structures that they have become. I think what is most interesting about these sculptures is the sharp contrast between the substance used to create the forms and the forms themselves. When we think of steal, even though it can be manipulated, we perceive it as non malleable because of its purpose in every day life. But Jang Yong Sun contradicts this preconception in this exhibition through his fantastical works. I wasn’t able to find any of his artwork outside of this exhibition and it also seems that very little information is published about him but what I have seen seems pretty interesting.