名譽 Honor _ Undefinable 

This work deals with the problem of "honor" among the series works that assume human natural needs in five categories of "wealth, honor, health, love, and beauty" and express them as works through consideration of life.
It is a jar decorated with sculpture inspired by the myth of the brothers Clovis and Viton, who died honorably and beautifully with honor, praise, and excellence, and the symbols of the Silla period honor, relics for invoice.

Representing gold plate decorations and curved jade that appear in gold crowns, crown ornaments, and gold belt decorations, which are national treasures of the Silla Dynasty in Korea's history, were reproduced and decorated.

350×200×650(mm), 2021
Ceramic, glaze, silver-coated ceramic  

愛 Love _Narcissism

This work deals with the problem of "Love" among the series works that assume human natural needs in five categories of
"wealth, honor, health, love, and beauty" and express them as works through consideration of life.

It is a jar decorated with the motif of a mythical story of narcissism, the importance of living with a deep affection for oneself based on the Buddha's said, You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.' self-esteem.

The pond viewed by Narcissus in myth was expressed as the inner mind of the unknown and the inner space of the jar. The surface of the pot carved in the shape of a daffodil along the hair becomes a splendid chandelier. It is decorated with the devil's eyes that protect me from the jealousy or timing of others, the Nazarbonjubilee jewels.

And the jar stand represented the shape of a lotus flower supporting the Buddha in paradise, the world of Buddha. It expressed a figure like a sit-down in the sense of gaining enlightenment by shining on me.



350×200×650(mm), 2021
Ceramic, glaze, silver-coated ceramic  

美 Beauty_ The Devil 

This work deals with the problem of "Beauty" among the series works that assume human natural needs in five categories of "wealth, honor, health, love, and beauty" and express them as works through consideration of life.

It is a jar that figuratively embodies the appearance of humans becoming obsessed with fantasy and inner desire for beauty by homage to the birth of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.

They interpreted themselves as a kind of mechanical component, ignoring taboos and acting impulsively as a contract with the devil in "Faust".

In this way, the original pure soul degenerated into greed as if facing the birth of the devil. It is decorated with things that mean ascetic devices by referring to the descriptions of demons and hell in Gustav Door's "Paradise Lost" and Dante's "La Divina Commedia"

290×200×620(mm), 2021
Ceramic, glaze, silver-coated ceramic  

富 _ Coin , GAMBLER

This work deals with the problem of "Wealth" among the series works that assume human natural needs in five categories of
"wealth, honor, health, love, and beauty" and express them as works through consideration of life.

As a symbol of human desire for money, it likened the image of seeking a fortune in today's cryptocurrency market. This was seen as a kind of social phenomenon fascinated by Gambler's fallacy. In this way, the relationship was expressed in common with the risk of dependence on money and drugs.

It is based on the appearance of Poporo (BC500-AD700 CE), a jar containing narcotic coca leaves by ancient South Americans in the legend of Eldorado. This was decorated by repeatedly carving the shape of rice, which was used as a currency unit in traditional society in the past, in the form of a rotating body like the casino's Lucky 7 roulette.

340×200×730(mm), 2021
Ceramic, glaze, silver-coated ceramic