2015-2016
In my new series of work, wherein "Nine-Tailed Fox and Medusa" and "Holding Up the World" are the first two finished pieces, I am interested in the processes of transformation, especially the ones that happen when one culture or belief system meets another whether through violent collision or fluid assimilation. This interest in duality is something that also manifested itself in previous series of works of mine for years although not as prominently as in this new series, and perhaps can be traced back to my own background: born in NJ, but raised in Seoul, LA, and Southern Illinois before moving to the Bay Area, I was constantly reformulating my own identity in the context of my own environment, while also realizing those certain commonalities that tie us all together.
