Seeing myself as a person who paints, I approach painting as a verb—an action—and tries to answer the question: ‘What is painting (to me)?’ By looking closely at the process of making, I think about ways to pick up the things that are ‘around’ or ‘beside’, and used to be seen as ‘behind the scene’ of painting.
My work currently focuses on the basics of painting, with surface being the most important element. By painting on canvas that has only been primed with rabbit skin glue, I aim to create a looking experience that can only be fully comprehend by witnessing the works in person. Through repetitive use of simple gestures and subtle palette, combined with the texture of the canvas and the shine of the crystalized glue, the marks often remain invisible and only emerge when the viewer allows themselves time with the paintings. While attempting to maintain a sense of revelation within the act of covering and to extract lightness from the weight of the material, the marks also challenge the contemporary trend of quick and virtual ways of looking.
