SUPERHUMAN

Device that Makes My Hand Bigger 1999

The photography above is an object created by South Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee. It seems like a device filled with water to enlarge a human hand. This is the first work done by Hyungkoo Lee in "The objectuals"series which also the one catch a lot of attention from people. 

Lee created a series of strongly visual artworks which changed people's appearance of face in extreme forms.  He is so clever to expressed his ideas by using optical effects, water and vacuum of the device not changing the real human body. 

Hyungkoo Lee's works pointed out the problems of ideal beauty of society. Especially the plastic surgery are getting overwhelmed nowadays. It seems everyone has a same criterion of beauty which like a mathematics formula. 

Self Portrait 2002

Altering Features with RH5 2003

The girl in the photography above shows enormous eyes and a very small mouth. Of course the scary appearance was made by special device but it reminds me of those female celebrities in South Korean. They looks so dolly with big eyes small cheeks but they all looks same. So a lot of people think the inspiration of artist come from his own background. I  agree with that.

Everyone has their own imperfection. A question come to my mind. What is the standard of a real beauty or perfect body. Differences between human being make the world colourful and interesting. If all of us looks exactly the same and equip with a "perfect" body. Is that means the world belongs to a series of robots but not human.

Bibliography
art in Asia (2012). Cover Story Hyungkoo Lee The Objectuals and Animatus. Fresh Insight of Asia Art. Available from<http://www.artinasia.kr/content/view/17/31/>

Sleepboy (2012). Art Focus: Hyungkoo Lee. Arrested Motion July 9. Available from<http://arrestedmotion.com/2012/07/art-focus-hyungkoo-lee/> [Accessed 9 July 2012]

Hyungkoo Lee (2002) Self Portrait - H2. [online image]. Available at:<http://www.minch.org/hklee/objectuals/objectuals.html> [Accessed 7 June 2012]

Hyungkoo Lee (2003) Altering Features with RH5. [online image]. Available at:<http://www.minch.org/hklee/objectuals/objectuals.html> [Accessed 7 June 2012]