AHN Chang Hong, Paradise

Lee Hyang-hwi, Maeil Business Newspaper, 12 November 2026
One of the most prominent motifs in this exhibition is the eye. Animals are shown shedding tears, while the eyes of anonymous individuals are left empty. These images seem to evoke a lost sense of self or a dark inner world.
 
The artist explained, “I have brought onto the canvas a reality in which people deliberately turn a blind eye, the faces of those marginalized by brutality and injustice, and life reduced to a lifeless state. I believe artists should be more than aesthetes who simply create beauty. They should serve as social catalysts, capturing and giving visual form to the uncomfortable truths hidden beneath the surface of their times.”