Away And After.

The book Away and After, August 2020, delves into the formal exploration of the "angel" image. This work was created as part of a series of angel images developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, following an extensive study of domestic shapes such as tiles, windows, and room structures. How did the images of floor tiles and windows transform into angels? This transformation was inspired by the many angels of Paul Klee and Walter Benjamin's Angel of History. The "angel" image created is an abstract form that fills the entire page. The book examines this form and emphasizes the page's space. Does the image, which occupies the whole page, preserve the space? Does it allow entry? Or the opposite?

The materials I used inherently contain complexity—oil and water, such as tar and acrylic paints. Will this interaction between materials allow something unexpected to occur? Will the water-based and oil-based paints merge? The repeated image—does it create movement within the page? Or does it feel as though it is stuck on the page?

This book is essentially an exploration and examination of materials and the perception of page space, the internal division, and the division of the book into two pages that are joined together unwillingly.