Daniel Wang

Sustain Me

August-September 2022

Mukbang first arose in South Korea in 2010 as a result of a societal shift from eating meals communally to eating alone and often in front of a computer screen. This online audiovisual broadcast allowed viewers to fill that lost connection, eating along with and interacting with the mukbang host.

Daniel Wang’s solo exhibition, Sustain Me, examines how media impacts what we consume, how we consume, and how modes of consumption shape our identity. As we spend increasingly more time in solitude, we turn towards digital media as a form of comfort and a way to connect. Our society uses food, fashion, media, etc. to define who we are in this world, and at the same time share our own identities for others to expend. Wang explores themes of loneliness and attempts to find connections through consumption.

Sabrina
36” x 48”
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
2022

Kaidon
36” x 48”
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
2022

The Hand That Feeds Me
36” x 48”
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
2022

Soo-Yung Sings Mariah Carey
36” x 48”
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
2022

POV; Sharing is Caring
36” x 48”
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
2022

Daniel Wang in front of Sabrina and Kaidon, 2022