Statement
Perhaps I am painting cruelty of contemporary life because it is in
opposition to my naive outlook. In contrast with the physical features
of my paintings, I think I am visualizing my feeling of my anxiety in
contemporary life. Though I do not think I am fully aware of the
relationship between this cruelty and my anxiety, I represent this
unsure feeling as figurative as possible, and I am trying to figure it
out in my artwork. Although there are some prominent aspects of our
contemporary life, I cannot say who my enemy is. Some of threats
involve the art world, however to protest such issues overtly does not
suit my personal outlook.
We cannot live in a developed society unless depend on its complex
social rule. Following the rules and social values provides us
stability. However, each of us creates exceptions, unstable rules and
changeable standards. These double phases never unite, and I do not
think they should be. I am interested in such dilemmas and focus on
these realities. This ambiguity may be my starting place and the
reason I engage cruelty in my artwork. There does not appear to be a
universal justice or evil in my painting, but wider range of gray
position in order to stay peaceful. In other words, I believe the
dilemma of today's morality, which is different from that of yesterday
am, surely has helped develop my insight. Thus, my message cannot be a
negation or an affirmation. My attitude in my artwork is a reflection
of what the contemporary world is to me; my painting is my
introspective confession. I believe I am making right art.
