Leon Xu: Light Caustic

New York-based artist Leon Xu created a painting for his digital commission, a first for the series, which was animated in collaboration with the Artlab team for its February 2023 debut. Xu is interested in light as something visceral yet intangible, both geographically specific and omnipresent. The commission is based on an image the artist took while traveling in South Korea. “I was heavily drawn to the idea that the medium of light can act as a signifier of geography and climate, which Hyundai Artlab is interested in. How can light itself reflect a place, or even create a portal?” he shares in his interview with Artlab Editorial.