Hae-Young Seo

We work. We sit at office desks writing proposals, take care of children, or serve food at restaurants. A sculptor sculpts in the studio.

The sculptor, Hae-young Seo, asks: What kind of sculpture can I create? Not based on learned art history or the art industry, but what sculpture holds meaning for me? These works embody actions that divert from the imposing traditional methodologies of sculpture, akin to looming giant shadows.

They aim to imbue actions meaningful to oneself into sculpture.
Carrying sculpture materials, including clay, the artistascends five points of Bukhansan mountain. And sculpt the summit of Bukhansan (Samgaksan) as seen from each point.

Each mountain sculpture reflects the environmental elements of the day and the artist's physical limitations, elements that could not be captured in the sculpting that could have been done in the studio. Pulling the sculpture closer to oneself, bit by bit, might be a process of perhaps transforming work into a calling.