Chung built a world of methodical erosion.
Each canvas is peeled, folded, and repainted in grids of whitened order — repetition as revelation.
He treats the surface as a living system, paint removed to clarify its own architecture.
In his world, subtraction is creation, and discipline becomes light.
In Chung Sang-Hwa’s work, surface is produced through repeated, regulated actions rather than expressive gesture. Paint is applied, removed, folded, and reapplied according to a fixed procedural rhythm.
The grid is not composed but arrived at through labor. Each cycle of removal leaves residue, registering time directly in the surface rather than representing it.
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