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Artwork Description

Sangmin Lee’s exploration of the inner side of universe is executed through the process of cutting a groove on the back of a 12mm glass plate and grinding its surface. Cutting the surface of a glass panel with diamond sheets is work requiring concentration and expertise. It is necessary to prevent fracture by heat that arises in the process of grinding by cooling the surface with water. Lee has to rely on the tactile sense of his hand and his knowhow to predict results as the angles of the plane cut by diamond paper are not clearly revealed. A non-physical element he has to pay attention to in all of his works is light. His glass sculptures look like images with their own forms by virtue of the effects of light. The formal logic his glass sculpture depends on can be completed in the new dimension of modeling with light.