Exhibition Information

			Translated Paintings is an exhibition that invites to appreciate eight paintings, of which the original are no longer available. Instead, the original works are translated by the artist through letters or symbolic codes. The viewers can interpret on their own to comprehend the paintings in a new way without the original. 

There are eight paintings that I can no longer see. For various reasons, they are sold and now scattered over Germany, Hong Kong, China and Korea. I browse my hard disk to find their images. As I recall them one by one, melancholy persists in my mind. Due to financial needs or lack of storage space, I let each work go for a different reason. When I think of some particular piece that I let go hurriedly, I sometimes regret. 

In the exhibition Translated Paintings, the intention is to meet and remember the eight paintings that I cannot see anymore, in a way other than just a photograph. In the exhibition space, there is no physical presence of the original works. The viewers have to appreciate the original work through their analogy based on the artist's translation. This exhibition is an extended concept of my past attempts to show paintings in a new way. It suggests an experience for the viewers to meet the artworks and recreate a unique painting by their imagination beyond the original.