An Sungha focuses on the moment when an object approaches. Objects exist objectively, while at the same time being connected to her narrative. Although objects appear repeatedly in her work, she perceives them differently each time, and through the repeated act of painting, she always experiences something new. She said “I try to reveal things so that they can be sensed rather than drawing them so that they can be seen.” The boundaries between colors and forms in the painting are fluid and ambiguous, and clarity and obscurity are combined. Various stimuli, cannot be felt through the clear representation of the object, come to us and expand our senses. The mysterious feeling brings the painting alive, creating many memories and new emotions.
Kurumi Kotani works on the themes of traces, time, and signs. Her famous series ‘21g’ follows the traditional Western painting method of treating a painting as a ‘window’, but instead of directing the viewer’s gaze to the scenery beyond the window, it focuses on the glass surface. The glass surfaces, moistened with condensed water vapor and fingerprints, are an instinctive reminder that someone has been there. She is interested in mysterious moments and supernatural phenomena, and reveals someone's presence and ambiguous existence through various evocative compositions on canvas. “The presence and visual beauty of someone which is expressed only through condensation”. 21g was born from this essence. Even in a tense atmosphere, the informal and sometimes playful finger gestures - the romantic letters and smiley faces of young children - show off her characteristic humor. 21g is based on the story of a scientist who discovered that the weight of a dead person decreased by 21 grams and claimed that this was the weight of the soul.
