![Nari Baek: <i>Ilizarov (13 Years Old)</i> (installation view), 2019.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_Ilizarov13yearsold_2019_1-Nari-Baek-600x600.jpg)
Nari Baek: Ilizarov (13 Years Old) (installation view), 2019.
Ilizarov is the name of this installation. It is also the name of the leg surgery that was performed on Nari Baek at age 13. After the surgery Baek had to live with giant metal pieces in her leg for more than six months, it was like torture. For this installation, she recreates the hospital room setting with white tiles, a surgical table, lights and a heart monitor for sound. Her “leg” is made of silicone and painted realistically. She recreates all of the nine metal pieces and connects them to this fake leg. Afterward, Baek is aware of the fact that she is more self-confident.
![Nari Baek: Ilizarov (13 Years Old), 2019.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_Ilizarov13yearsold_2019_detailed-view-Nari-Baek_edit_1500px-1200x800.jpg)
Nari Baek, Ilizarov (13 Years Old), 2019. Silicone,flex foam,metal.
![Digital print of a woman in her underwear covering her face with her hand, with a long scar on her left leg.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_I-am-scared_2018_1-Nari-Baek_1500px-e1589948059794-650x800.jpg)
Nari Baek: I am scared I, 2018. Digital print, 36 x 24 inches.
![Digital print of a woman in her underwear covering her face with her hand, with a long scar on her left leg.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_I-am-scared_2018_2-Nari-Baek_1500px-e1589948143328-645x800.jpg)
Nari Baek, I am scared II, 2018. Digital print, 36 x 24 inches.
![Nari Baek, Standing on Tetrapod (the day I got the accident), 2003. Childhood photograph.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_Standing-on-TetrapodThe-day-I-got-the-accident_2003-Nari-Baek-450x600.jpg)
Nari Baek, Standing on Tetrapod (the day I got the accident), 2003. Childhood photograph.
![Five tetrapods stacked on the ground made of grey plaster.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_Tetrapods_2020_2-Nari-Baek_edit_1500px-1067x800.jpg)
Nari Baek. Tetrapods II, 2020. Plaster, wire, glass bead gel, 5 x 5 x 5 inches each.
![Five tetrapods stacked on the ground made of grey plaster.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_Tetrapods_2020_1-Nari-Baek_edit_1500px-1067x800.jpg)
Nari Baek: Tetrapods I, 2020. Plaster, wires, glass bead gel. 5 x 5 x 5 inches each.
![Nari Baek: Tetrapod III, 2020. Wire, plaster, rice paper, glass bead gel. 24 x 36 x 36 inches.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nari_Baek_Tetrapod_2020_3-Nari-Baek.jpeg)
Nari Baek, Tetrapod III, 2020. Wire, plaster, rice paper, glass bead gel, 24 x 36 x 36 inches.