Daldongnae is a Korean term for “Moon Village” or “Moon Settlement”, which indicates villages located high up along the hillside or at the top of the hill in South Korea. Since Daldongnae means “a village close enough to reach the Moon”, it sounds romantic. However, these villages which lack in accessibility were illegally inhabited by the poor after the Korean War (1950-1953). In the process of making this work, instead of just painting by brushes, I made a rubber plate for each house’s shape and used the technique of linocut. By metaphorizing cement and concrete that is used in the construction of houses by paint and stamping and scraping the plate, I am expressing Daldongnae formed by the influx of people and passage of time.

District 3, 2019, Oil on canvas, 1303mm ×1940mm (4149mm×1940mm)