Can the world we see truly be called "reality"?

We perceive the world before us as "reality" every day. But is that perception truly the same for everyone?
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, using the "Allegory of the Cave," described how humans tend to mistake the shadows they see before them for reality. This fable illustrates that we do not see the world as it truly is, but rather understand it through our own perceptions.

We, too, live surrounded by a vast amount of information and images. However, it is not just this external information that shapes the world. Various invisible elements such as memories, emotions, aspirations, complexes, wishes, relationships with others, and our perception of ourselves overlap and combine to form our individual "reality."

This exhibition explores how we perceive, understand, and interpret the world through the diverse expressions of eight young artists. It touches upon the subtle presences that drift between reality and unreality, the yearning for the unattainable, the gap between ideals and reality, the landscapes created by dreams and memories, the desires lurking deep within the heart, the weaknesses and pains we face, the wavering identity between self and others, and questions about the very act of "seeing." Each work illuminates the world we take for granted from different angles, revealing the multifaceted existence of reality.

I hope this exhibition will provide an opportunity to re-examine the world we see, not from the perspective of "Does reality exist?", but from the perspective of "How do we construct 'reality'?"

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