Industrial Material and Change in Appearance of Industrial Arts

Choi Hyungzee makes small works of art that showcase the fusion of mechanics and industrial material with a touch of industrial technology. They come in various shapes with materials from the industrial environment and change them in appearance using industrial arts or combine them with a new tool function. For example, spare parts of various electronic devices are changed into accessories or industrial wastes take a new position as stationery. This is a resource used in the physical meaning and position movement from one object to that of an overlapping image, or collision resulting from this phenomenon. 

Choi Hyungzee changes the appearance of these materials with proven craftsmanship techniques. The process by that unknown industrial images was thrown away, purified, refined in her hands, and reborn as functional objects shows the faithful craftsmanship from which her work is known. What is craftsmanship? To bring one object or its image into living, that is to say, an actual space for food, clothing, and shelter, and combine it with a positive relationship: and an aesthetic sense and taste of one individual and skills dealing with materials combined and reflected. That would also be a characteristic of industrial arts. This cannot be realized without special production skills. 

Various skills combining metal plates and non-metal, solving a structure for object functionality, production and mounting of elements for movement, appearance with the geometrical format and complete finishing, etc. show fully her technical ability as an industrial artist. This finesse gives considerable density to her small works of art that emphasize geometrical format and structural beauty. 

                                           Yong-il Jeon/ Professor, Kookmin University