Von Rydingsvard creates monumental sculptures from raw organic materials that evoke primal natural forces and latent energy through massive interlocking forms, closely mirroring Bae's large scale charcoal sculpture with its intertwining black volumes and sense of organic growth.

Penone's large scale sculptures investigate cycles of transformation, organic growth, and the latent energy embedded in natural materials, sharing with Bae's work a deep meditation on material metamorphosis and the dynamic tension between appearance and disappearance.

Ai Weiwei frequently constructs monumental sculptural installations from single materials used en masse to convey cycles of destruction and renewal, paralleling Bae's use of charcoal as both physical material and cultural metaphor in a large scale intertwining form.