IT'S A NICE SUNNY DAY TO DIE

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The war series "It's a Nice Sunny Day to Die" transforms the white cube into a battlefield by placing paintings depicting seemingly happy soldiers, whose bodies have been ravaged by violence, in an idyllic green scenery. Paintings of varying sizes are interspersed on the walls encircling the room. From a distance, it may appear as if the childlike paintings are presenting a serene ideal world, but a closer look reveals a different story. By surrounding the viewer with this eerie landscape, there is no way to look away from the brutality that the viewer might have been unaware of upon entering the room. The pain the soldiers must be feeling is obscured by their cartoonish smiles. As a result, the soldiers appear both pitiful and ridiculous, providing comic relief amidst the otherwise horrific scenes. The ideal green grass and distorted smiles symbolize the fantasy of war's glory, while the mangled, bloody bodies depict the harsh reality. The open skies and perfect green fields emphasize the difficulty in finding meaning in the brutality that the soldiers, upon closer examination, have endured.