contempations [with a drink]

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Contemplations [with a drink]

Contemplation [with a drink] considers the perplexity that ensues from having a multi-ethnic and multi-nationalistic background. The figures are references to famous paintings created by male artists from the U.S.A., South Korea and Japan: Drowning Girl: Roy Lichtenstein, Portrait of a Beauty: Sin Yunbok and A Woman Applying Make-up: Goyo Hashiguchi. The implementation of UV ink reveals the rumination of the woman portrayed, in turn criticizing the voyeuristic nature in which females have been traditionally depicted. Each painting has a bottle of alcohol and clothing that is native to the country it represents. Additionally, the frames have been engraved with the national flower from each country: U.S.A: rose, Korea: hibiscus syriacus, Japan: cherry blossom.

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commodification of happiness / fallacy perpetuated by a capitalistic society

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Subliminal Messages in Art and Artifacts Found in Traditional Museums

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My works focus on introducing alternative discourses and shedding light onto pertinent issues that are often veiled with insidious deception. By uncovering these hegemonic illusions with another layer that counterclaims the hypocrisy and contradictions that have been perpetually engrained in human consciousness, my pieces interrogate and confront these fallacies with the intention of evoking critical contemplations.

In other words: I make art about life so that you can see how I see life.