Lee Bae’s work begins with the residue of fire: the ‘charcoal’. Charcoal is the substance left when flames extinguish, yet within it remains the condensed trace of heat and time. The artist sees in that residue the energy of life and an inner light. “Working with charcoal is not simply using a material, but dealing with the essence left when life has burned,” he says.

Flowers wilt eventually. Yet some transform that very moment of withering into an “art of remembrance.”

The artist Nanan draws what she calls “flowers that never wither,” exploring how gifts, memory, and emotion can linger far beyond their physical form. Her signature series, Long Long Time Flower, unfolds from the concept of “gifting memory,” showing how personal emotions and recollections can expand into shared experiences. Her flowers are not mere painted forms but emotional devices that mediate relationships between people.

Before her works, some weep, others smile. In the oscillation of these emotional intensities, Nanan proves that art is not merely a “viewed object” but a co-created experience.