At the center of the 4th Industrial Revolution, where the physical, digital, and biological worlds converge and affect all areas of life, there is a content called 'Art'.

For us, contemporary art has a painful background of history with an inferior beginning. However, it absorbs and digests the world's art in a short time as much as the wisdom of the nation with a long history and develops contemporary art to produce amazing works.

As Korean art in the world is evaluated internationally, the competence and time have arrived. Nowadays, it can be said that it is a global citizen, and the interest in Korea is great, starting with K-POP. The time to stick to tradition and follow it is now colorless, and the gap between generations is widening and diverse. Korean artists are already active both individually and through galleries.

Published annually,'freedom' is an art book that sends Korean artists who have been active throughout the year to leading overseas planners, curators, magazines, and galleries. We are preparing to have an opportunity to showcase Korean culture and art abroad with artists who have been constantly introduced through'Freedom', and this exhibition is the basis for this exhibition.

The fact that Korean contemporary art is introduced as a group in the middle of overseas is exciting and overwhelming, but it is also true that the mind is heavy. The reflection and search that we may retreat from the time achieved by our ancestors, which have been brilliantly manifested, are heated with the thought that it is a task that we will prolong in the long history.

We plant a seed today along with the names that have blossomed countless times in the global art infrastructure. The practical will of 'freedom', which advocated the free will of art, is an art book, which is constantly expanding into exhibitions, blossoming and blooming all over the world, and holding each other with deep roots to make a strong expansion.

I sincerely thank and congratulate the artists who submitted the entries in unison.



Kim, Eun Sook (Company Director of Celsius/artcelsi)