Missionary, Drawing (2017), Frame (2022)
Drawing, glass, wooden frame31 x 22 x 10 cm
12 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 4 inches
His works enact a reframing of events manifested as anthropomorphized paintings that possess a near-fetishistic corporeality. Earlier paintings resembling traditional face shrouds (myeokmok) are stained and bound, treated as cursed vessels containing echoes of colonial violence. Finalized with a distinct style of mounting (pyogu), the works recall the structure of Korean ritual portraiture (yeongjeong), mirroring the arrangement of sacred objects such as ancestral tablets or jars.
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