At the cross-roads of tradition and modernity, Duhyun Hwang intricately weaves the fabric of the present, creating the stylistic and aesthetic customs that will soon become tradition, to be passed down and reimagined by future generations. He brings to life the ordinary, with the refined skill of infusing a sacred air into the most unassuming of objects through the use of traditional Korean Buddhist painting techniques. Dan cheong, as this technique is referred to, centers the use of five representative colors of the elements (blue, red, white, black, and yellow), most often applied on wood, to bring balance and essence to the surface it graces. His use of this technique which is typically reserved for traditionally sacred works, such as Buddhist imagery, serves as a means to liven the familiar and reveal its underlying brilliance in his work.