Looking at Lee Jin Hyu's series of works, I come to this thought. Can anyone narrow down fine art to the field of space art? His works are definitely paintings therefore belong to the category of space art, however the viewers get to experience the passage of time through every details in the paintings. For instance, the background surface of the painting, which is almost achromatic, gives an impression like aged plaster wall. At first there was a white wall, then texts and drawings were put on it, faded and soiled, then painted over again... This chain of events seem to have happened repeatedly. The shape is already ambiguous, only the slight trace of colors let us guess that something had existed on it. Rotten fruits, ripped stockings, feathers and dried twigs are things that yield to time and dying down.

However, the dying beings are associated with 'falling' images spatially. Paints running down, thin branches, lines and thread hanging down signify descent.  Time spreads out the dark nuance of extinction and descent, however, it also inversely gives new hope. Perhaps the artist was wary of rash happy-ending. He would not want to reconcile cowardly but talk about hope as substantial power. Obviously the title of the series already makes mention of time as the beginning of hope. "¿Después...Que? (And then... what comes next?)". Someone who is in despair has no interest in hope.

The artist has deep interest in the present led from the past and the future starts from the present, not a cut-off instant record. There is an expression of earnest desire to feel the future from the present, although we cannot physically experience it. It may be a solid hope that only someone who has come through long tunnel can learn.

Kim Gwang Jae / Art Culumnist