To stay. To stay here, finally.

There are many Korean artists who are residing in Paris. The Parisian-based Korean artists live as two different persons. One works during the day, the other does his art at night. The artist appears to be two persons but is actually one. "Here" is the place of daily livelihood and "There" is a nocturnal world where he becomes alive. He quickly brings the day to a close, and at last goest to where he has longed for. It is only when the whole world has gone to sleep, deep in the night that he can stay here. It is only at this hour that his mind becomes lucid. This is when "the hour of the artist" truly commences. "The hour of the artist" is the realm of creativity.

The beings who go from "here" to "there," these artist, yearn for the hour and the realm of the night. They long for the night. For it is at night that they reclaim their artist's identity, and become a master fo their own time. Such an hour for them is only a moment. It is this moment that they barely managed to stay that Jeong-woo Lee captures. He was curious about this and that place of these people who during the day worked in the city of Paris. He went in search of their nights.

Young Sook Park (Trunk Gallery Director)