The Wasted Art revolves around the “paradox of image coexistence.” In the work, two images are placed on the same canvas in alternating layers: one is the last artwork created by an artist before their death (such as Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Crows), and the other is a political news photograph. The two images are mutually destructive during the construction process; each application partially covers the other, rendering “completion” impossible.

This paradoxical state of oscillation, withdrawal, and ultimate unfinishability between images seeks to explore the meaning and destination of existence in an uncertain social reality, as well as within artistic or political systems, who holds authority, who defines value, and who remains unseen due to the fundamental inequalities of power.