Jay Sae Jung Oh’s Salvage Sculptures Will Melt Your Mind

Jay Sae Jung Oh’s Salvage seating assemblages will make your mind bend in ways it’s never been bent before. What at first looks like a solid wooden sculpture… isn’t that. The ongoing series is one part art and one part craft, first composed of household objects that are appealingly arranged together. Once Oh is happy with the composition, it’s hand-wrapped in cords of jute or cowhide leather to achieve its striated appearance. The manufactured objects underneath are transformed into unique sculptural pieces and furniture, a direct jab directed toward the cultural condition of abundance and obsolescence.

Part experiment, part practicality, the Korean designer’s latest additions to the Salvage series were recently on display at Salon 94 Design’s FOG Design + Art group show. Oh’s designs can also be seen in the permanent collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Cooper Hewitt, and Smithsonian Design Museum.

To learn more about Jay Sae Jung Oh, visit saejungoh.com.

Images courtesy of the artist and Salon 94 Design. (c) Jay Sae Jung Oh. Photo: Ian Allen.

Kelly Beall is senior editor at Furnit Decor. The Pittsburgh-based graphic designer and writer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, and enjoys sharing her finds with others. When undistracted by great art and design, she can be found making a mess in the kitchen, consuming as much information as possible, or on the couch with her three pets. Find her @designcrush on social.

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