Beyond the closet : To the Wonderland2 Painting

Woojung Son was born in South Korea in 1986. I majored in the Fine art. and I'm an Artist based in Seoul,Korea. I work mainly about the world of the imagination. If you read my statement , you can understand about my artwork. [Statement] Imagine. Have a dream. Be free. These are the most important elements in my work. As a little girl, I loved spending time daydreaming. My parents and teachers used to say it wasn't a good habit. But I couldn't stop. I enjoyed imagining things and the things I imagined often appeared in my dreams. Sometimes I felt my dreams were much more realistic than the reality itself, and that notion thrilled me. I've always liked to paint, and I've made my own imaginary space through my work. In my imaginary place, there was no concept of time or space, and everything was free. Everyone dreams of breaking away from reality. However, making that desire come true depends on each person's individual decision. Breaking away from reality is not easy. In our society, we have many rules and laws designed to tie us to community life. Also, various customs and standards for social maintenance exist. Many people say that we have to follow majority. Different thoughts and different behaviors are often considered wrong. Thus, as people grow older, they forget their own thoughts and ideas; they even forget how to imagine. They just live their life like an old habit and repeat the same routine endlessly. Moreover, they don't know how to escape from this meaningless trap in which they find themselves. And that kind of life makes people deny new experiences and fear freedom. But craving freedom is human nature, and I think it’s that nature that makes people enjoy fantasy novels and movies as well as traveling. Think about this. When we were little kids, we imagined things freely, and we talked about those things. Maybe all of this was possible because children aren't influenced by the external environment much. However, as people grow older, everything changes. The external environment influences them continuously, and that makes people rigid and inflexible. People lose their own nature as they grow older. But we are different from robots. We can think, imagine, and make things happen. That’s what made our society progress, and that is the fundamental characteristic of humankind. Now, I want to make my own imaginary space and create stories and build my own kingdom through my work.