HONG
Year: 2021 Size: 43”x31” Materials: Watercolor, ballpoint pen, paper Description: This piece mainly expresses how much I miss traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic. I wished to contrast the colorful background, which expresses the beauty and freedom of a pre-pandemic world, and the black and white figures, which represent people today, who have to live with restrictions and fear.
Year: 2021 Size: 54”x34.5” Materials: Oil painting on canvas Description: The paintings, about insomnia, show me doing various things to pass the time in my room: trying on cosmetics, staring at my fish, playing on my phone, etc. The entire work is particularly dark in tone, expressing the anxiety I feel because I can't sleep.
ear: 2021 Size: 24”x32” Materials: Oil painting on canvas, mix-media Description: This artwork shows my mom protecting me from the pressure of the preference of boys. The imagery swallowing my mom and me are symbols of son worship in Chinese culture.
Year: 2021 Size: 43”x31” Materials: Watercolor, ballpoint pen, paper Description: This piece mainly expresses how much I miss traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic. I wished to contrast the colorful background, which expresses the beauty and freedom of a pre-pandemic world, and the black and white figures, which represent people today, who have to live with restrictions and fear.