Daydream 0402

Material: Pearl powder, Gold powder with Mukk (traditional ink) on Ottji (Natural Lacquered paper)

We live within an endless flow of information, emotion, and language. Within the flow, individuals interact with society and at times assimilate into it, while their temperament and identity are continuously shaped and transformed. From the perspective of an observer, I capture these passing traces and layer them on the surface.

My work moves between language and image. Words shed their narrative function and become rhythm, density, and residue. From a distance, the painting appears as an abstract landscape or pattern, yet as one moves closer, traces of words and letters begin to emerge. In this moment, the viewer also becomes another observer, entering the work through their own memories, experiences, and senses.

Through this process, I explore “New-tradition.” The surface becomes a contemporary landscape where the invisible structures of society are translated into visible traces. By reinterpreting text and traditional painting through a contemporary sensibility, my work becomes a new form of landscape painting—one that records not only visible scenery, but also the invisible flows of information, memory, and emotion today.