LEE Dongwook’s sculptures are realistically grounded. The artist observes the struggles of an individual within modern society through a specific method of expression, which leans towards his private life and personal taste. While the artist's cynical and distanced gaze is filtered through humor and wit, the content of his works are grave and serious, acting as a critique or accusation of reality. 

<Trophy> reveals the inseparable relationship between individual and society through remnants and traces of the delicately placed human figure among the artist's various collectibles. Through this work, the artist points out topics of alienation, balance, division, and isolation, which derives from the aforementioned relationship.

One of the most internationally renowned artists from Indonesia, Eko NUGROHO has received international acclaim for his experimental attitude towards expanding the horizon of art through sculpture, performance, and comics by reinterpreting traditional media such as murals and wall hangings and representing the voice of the public.

The square canvas works acknowledges the animated imagination of the artist. A knight battling a dragon, a clown and monkey hiding in the dense Indonesian jungle, figures wearing t-shirts amidst a backdrop of blooming flowers are depicted through their eyes. The eyes of these characters expose very little about their hidden personalities. The artist repurposes the image of masked identities to reflect the chaos, discrimination, and violence witnessed throughout history, veiled by a façade of democracy, equality, and peace. The emotional commotion that NUGROHO has experienced in his longing for harmony and peace is revealed through his vivid brushstrokes that fill the scenes of his paintings, as though taken out of a panel from a comic strip.

With his interest in people as his foundation, BYUN Soonchoel dissolves his faithful observation of subject matter into intense self-awareness in his work. As Korea's representative portrait photographer, BYUN neither decorates nor circumvents subject or fact. Rather, he captures cultural norms, social structures, and the lives of people as well as the truth that they face in a specific moment in time through photography. BYUN is currently having a solo exhibition at the Korea Society in New York and will be holding a comprehensive retrospective at Sungkok Art Museum in October 2020. 

The <Interracial Couple> series explores the contrasting themes of freedom and subordination, an inevitable element of any relationships. The series, which photographs couples and families of different races, derived from the socio-cultural differences that the artist experienced during his time in New York. The artist reveals the intimate and private spaces belonging to the subjects of his photographs in order to visualize the differences inherent to relationships, which cannot be overcome despite the similarities.