The 'Heavenly Story' presented in this exhibition was designed for those who walk on the boundary between possibility and impossibility. It is an attempt to give positive interpretation of various events experienced by individuals in their lives and to walk between possibilities and impossibilities through positivity. Humans often face situations in which negative thinking is perceived more strongly than positive thinking, and this tendency acts as a factor that causes them to give up numerous potential possibilities.
The 'large fish passing through the needle hole' presented in the exhibition space visually symbolizes this context. This metaphoricalizes the moment when possibilities are realized even in seemingly impossible situations through the appearance of a being trying to pass through the 'door of heaven', which is compared to a camel passing through a needle hole.
For the artist, heaven is not a transcendent space that is understood as a distant story after death, but is reinterpreted as a space of hope in the present that gives positive power to oneself at the boundary between possibilities and impossibilities at every moment. In this space, the artist is disappointed to discover his selfish aspect and pride, but at the same time, he has a continuous dream for the changed self.
If viewers are also standing at a similar point, this exhibition suggests that they walk back around the world based on their belief in positivity. This can be said to be a process of exploring the role of positive thinking in order to restore the individual's inner growth and practical possibility in reality through artistic formation.
The 'large fish passing through the needle hole' presented in the exhibition space visually symbolizes this context. This metaphoricalizes the moment when possibilities are realized even in seemingly impossible situations through the appearance of a being trying to pass through the 'door of heaven', which is compared to a camel passing through a needle hole.
For the artist, heaven is not a transcendent space that is understood as a distant story after death, but is reinterpreted as a space of hope in the present that gives positive power to oneself at the boundary between possibilities and impossibilities at every moment. In this space, the artist is disappointed to discover his selfish aspect and pride, but at the same time, he has a continuous dream for the changed self.
If viewers are also standing at a similar point, this exhibition suggests that they walk back around the world based on their belief in positivity. This can be said to be a process of exploring the role of positive thinking in order to restore the individual's inner growth and practical possibility in reality through artistic formation.
본 전시에서 제시되는 ‘천국 이야기’는 가능성과 불가능성의 경계 위를 걷는 이들을 위해 기획되었다. 이는 개인이 삶 속에서 경험한 다양한 사건들에 대해 긍정적 해석의 힘을 부여하고, 그 긍정성을 통해 가능성과 불가능성의 사이를 함께 걸어보고자 하는 시도이다. 인간은 종종 부정적 사고가 긍정적 사고보다 더 강하게 인식되는 상황에 직면하며, 이러한 경향은 잠재된 수많은 가능성을 포기하게 만드는 요인으로 작용한다.
전시 공간에 제시된 ‘바늘구멍을 통과하는 큰 물고기들’은 이러한 맥락을 시각적으로 상징한다. 이는 낙타가 바늘구멍을 통과하는 것만큼 어렵다고 비유되는 ‘천국의 문’을 통과하려는 존재의 모습을 통해, 불가능해 보이는 상황 속에서도 가능성이 실현되는 순간을 은유한다.
작가에게 천국은 죽음 이후의 먼 이야기로서 이해되는 초월적 공간이 아니라, 매 순간 가능성과 불가능의 경계에 놓인 자신에게 긍정의 힘을 부여하는 현재적 희망의 공간으로 재해석된다. 이 공간 안에서 작가는 자신의 이기적 측면과 교만함을 발견하며 실망하기도 하지만, 동시에 변화된 자아를 향한 지속적 꿈을 품는다.
만약 관람자 또한 이와 유사한 지점에 서 있다면, 본 전시는 그들에게도 긍정에 대한 신념을 기반으로 세계를 다시 걸어갈 것을 제안한다. 이는 개인의 내적 성장과 현실 속 실천 가능성을 회복하기 위해 긍정적 사고가 어떠한 역할을 수행하는지를 예술적 형상화를 통해 탐구하는 과정이라 할 수 있다.
