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■This is the first opening exhibition with four contemporary artists dealing with various media originating from NFT art. The New WAVE exhibition will be an exhibition where established artists find their way to meet the flow of the new generation in this era where the boundaries between cyberspace and reality are increasingly blurring with the advent of the new Web 3.0 era. The exhibition included Geum Min-jeong, who majored in sculpture and deals with video media. She infinitely expands the scalability of sculpture. Her critical perspective reflects on contemporary events and accident sites and the attitude of the mass media delivering the news to the general public. There is also artist Ha Tae-beom, who expresses himself through photography, video, and sculpture, Jang Hee-jin, who expresses abstract colors and beautiful landscape images on canvas with a unique technique; and lastly, Han Seung-gu, with roots in sculpture, which adds engineering techniques to his video work In this exhibition of The New WAVE, people will feel the flow of contemporary Korean art, and the clues to find the direction of contemporary art in the works created.

Part I. 1st floor
■Artists involved: Geum Min-jeong, Jang Hee-jin, Ha Tae-beom, and Han Seung-gu, four young active contemporary artists, are exhibiting in the main exhibition space on the first floor, including the entrance to the exhibition hall. These artists have established their unique world in contemporary art using a unique medium in their work and respective spheres. In addition, as artists at the center of the Korean art world, attracting attention from contemporary art, they were selected as the leading artists of this Picksgood opening exhibition. As you enter the exhibition hall, you can enjoy various photos, videos, paintings, and sculptures, as well as their latest new and recent NFT works.

Part II. Basement multipurpose hall
■What will be introduced:
This section will mainly introduce NFT works by newcomers and artists with great potential and artistry, which are listed in the Picksgood NFT platform project. In addition, it will be a space for exhibiting various NFT project works, such as Steel Troop 2 NFT conducted jointly by KT Skylife and PICKSGOOD, NFT by rapper Koonta, and NFT works by Electro Pixel Kongz that combines music and fashion.

Part II. 2nd floor above ground (limited open)
■ What will be introduced:
You can see paintings by Oh Se-young, the primary collection of Starkey Hall CEO Shim Sang-don. CEO Shim Sang-don, the longest-running professional manager of a domestic company, has been running Starkey Group, the Korean branch of Starkey, the largest hearing aid company in the United States, for 26 years. The first meeting between CEO Shim Sang-don and artist Oh Se-young, a major national exhibition artist in Korea, began 25 years ago when painter Oh Se-young, suffering from hearing loss, visited Starkey headquarters, and a meaningful relationship between the entrepreneur and artist began. Shim Sang-don was deeply impressed by the artist's dedication to his artistic creation despite financial difficulties and has continued to support the artist's work through sponsorship. Shim Sang-don, who currently owns many works of artist Oh Se-young, shares the value of artist Oh Se-young's work in this space and strives to raise the status and interest of the senior.