#caseyzablocki THE INSPIRATION: HUN CHUNG LEE Born and based in Seoul, South Korea, Hun Chung Lee is a ceramicist, sculptor, even an architect. Earning his BFA and MFA in Ceramic Sculpture from Hongik University in Seoul and later a second MFA in Architecture after coming to the US, the span of Lee’s education speaks to his diverging aesthetic and conceptual interests. Lee’s work ranges from ceramic art furniture to large-scale installations on far away islands (‘EASTMAN’ featured in the last slide, is an installation as part of a residency Lee participated in on the São Miguel Island). "I am a person of curiosity and not good at sticking to one thing. For me, it's traveling from ceramics to sculpture and then toward architecture," he said. "Ceramic craft is a direct, abstract communication between the material and me. For sculpture, it is more rational as a sculpture needs to have a message. Architecture is more about the system as there are many parties involved and one man cannot just build a structure." - Hun Chung Lee interviewed by Kwon Mee-yoo for The Korean Times Photo credit: 1. Artist Wikipedia 2. @artsidegallery_ 3/4. Artists own website — THE INSPIRATION is a series where RW Guild Gallery artists share influences that have had a meaningful impact on their work. Casey Zablocki: Modern Relics opening September 15th