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Starting with his first solo exhibition series Standing Figure (1993), the artist gained international recognition for his human-form sculptures carved from solid blocks of steel using a grinder. Throughout the 2000s, he gradually moved away from focusing solely on these solid steel sculptures and entered a transformative period based on a new awareness and contemplation of materiality. The decisive turning point came in 1997, during his studies in the UK, when one of his steel sculptures was stolen during an outdoor exhibition due to an act of vandalism. Immersed in a sense of loss, he …