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Stuffed Animals and Found Objects Reconfigure in Sungho Bae’s Uncanny Sculptures
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“Dansu” (2026), stuffed animals salvaged from waste-disposal sites, leather waste, bird feathers, taxidermy glass eyes, decommissioned ritual objects, apotropaic materials, terracotta clay, epoxy clay, aged solid-wood baduk board, 16.5 × 16.1 × 16.9 inches.
All images courtesy of Sungho Bae, shared with permission Stuffed Animals and Found Objects Reconfigure in Sungho Bae’s Uncanny Sculptures Art Grace Ebert SharePinEmailCopyBookmarkLike many kids, I struggled with bedtime.
For Seoul-born, Chicago-based artist Sungho Bae, the meaning and emotion we ascribe to our childhood possessions gets flipped inside out.
What emerges are uncanny sculptures and reliefs made of a vibrant, fleshy patchwork that resembles organs, tissue, muscle, and more.
One of the less abstract and fantastical works is “Dansu,” a head and cross-cut neck with taxidermy eyes and feathers standing in for hair.