PAAMA's commemorative first exhibition will feature a solo exhibition by Korean designer and artist Lee Kwangho. Kwangho, who uses a wide range of everyday materials such as styrofoam, polyvinyl chloride, steel, and ceramic clay, while expressing his work in a wide range of styles, is currently one of the leading designers in the Korean design scene. In this exhibition, we will present his signature style of braided rope and cable works. The series, entitled “Obsession,” is designed to serve as planters, but Kwangho's hand-woven pieces have a strong, unknowable presence, as if to express his obsession. This exhibition was realized while Maeda visited and interacted with Kanho at his studio in Korea.

Lee Kwangho was born in 1981 in Guri, Gyeonggi-do (a city adjacent to Seoul). After studying metal modeling and design at Hongik University, he has been based in Seoul. From the memory of his grandfather, who was a farmer and made daily necessities by hand from familiar materials, he has been continuously creating new series of works by giving new meaning and function to common objects. His clients include companies such as Hermes, Fendi, Porsche, and Samsung, and he has shown his work in international exhibitions around the world. His work is in the permanent collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.