U-Ram Choe's Futuristic Bio-Mechanical Sculptures - Neatorama

Korean artist U-Ram Choe who specialized in making wonderful, mechanical sculptures that look like futuristic biological organisms. Choe likes to incorporate scientific nomenclature into his artwork, and the art display reminds one of a prehistoric display at a natural history museum!

Here is Opertus Lunula Umbra (Hidden Shadow of Moon), as part of the Liverpool Biennial International 08 Exhibition:

Photo: Liverpool Biennial [Flickr]

Varietal Urbanus Female (2007), made from etched stainless steel, LED, circuit motors, CPU board, custom software and cable:

Photo: Ho Sing Yuan/Taichi Photography

Lumina Virgo (2005), made from metal, touch sensor, light bulb, and magnet:

Photo: Lee Seong-Gon

Check out more of U-Ram Choe's artwork at his website: Link

Yup. That first one looks like the ribs of a giant extinct mammoth shrimp. Could you imagine putting that on a BBQ. Mmmm.

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I can definitely imagine owning a BBQ that big, Ali.

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ty alex - more art posts please :)

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Nice detail work. I'll have to see how he made those. Must have access to a water jet cutter and more. Today I just completed a scrap metal dragon, I can imagine the large number of hours that had to go into each of those.

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wow. his stuff is beautiful.
it was interesting to start at the beginning of his profile (1992) and see how far he has progressed :)

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centipede!

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The first one (Opertus Lunula Umbra) disturbs me. A lot.

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Creativity rulez!

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I wrote a review of Choe's New Urban Species show in the Nashville Scene. I recently gussied it up a bit, added a number of videos of Choe's pieces and re-posted it to my blog. An in-depth look at New Urban Species can be found here- http://www.joenolan.com/blog/?p=420

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