Sculpted by Hand — Sculpture and Ceramics at SAF

SAF 2026 has few sculpture and ceramic artists. Yet each practice carries an entirely different materiality, scale, and context. A roly-poly (ottogi) with car paint on resin; a playground of cement and faux gold leaf; a Korean artist making eco-art between New York and Boston; ceramics shaped by earth and fire. And the final work of a Korean total artist who passed in December 2025.

Sculpture — Four Artists

Yang Sun-yeol — Expanded Motherhood That Rises When Fallen

A contemporary artist working across painting and sculpture. Contributes six works from the Ottogi (roly-poly) series to SAF — all finished with car paint on resin. Mother Ya-ho is the matrix of the series.

· 55×55×120 cm, 2014
· 60×60×130 cm, 2022

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Choe Hyesu — A Playground of Cement and Gold Leaf

Toulon, France DNAP (2015) → MA in sculpture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Brussels (2019). Porsche Dreamers On Artists + 7th Gasong Art Prize Excellence Award (2021); Angeli Museum Award (2024). Both SAF contributions are already sold.