The South Korean artist Seo Young-Deok has captivated international audiences for producing life-size, hyper-realistic sculptures of human figures made only with welded chains taken from bicycles and industrial machinery.
Inspired by the urban life-style he experienced as ad adult, contrasting drastically with his rural upbringing, Seo Young-Deok explores the realationship between humans and their environment through the creative repurposing of iron chains, a material which has played a critical role in the development of the modern world.
Seo Young-Deok was born in 1983, in South Korea, graduating from the environmental sculpture department of the University of Seoul in 2008. He lives and works in South Korea.
Images courtesy of Seo Young-Deok
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