In this work, I used a stand with the words “I’M AN ART OUTSIDER” written on it, positioning it outside various art fields and presenting an off-site state.

The piece carries an anthropomorphic idea, challenging both the definition and the condition of what it means to be an art outsider. The stand made its first appearance outside different art spaces — literally standing beyond the defined boundaries of those venues, unrelated to art itself, yet inevitably existing in relation to it.

The second time, its image was exhibited inside an art space. Although the stand itself remained outside, its visual representation entered the art world and became, passively, an art material.

The third time, it was included in a duty-free project, among a group of objects placed in an invalid or suspended exhibition state — like actors resting together after a performance. Standing among them, the stand seemed to define the boundary of the art world itself, questioning where “inside” and “outside” truly begin.

Through this process, the work gradually intersects with other artworks, creating an exhibition-like situation where all pieces are seemingly positioned on equal terms. It becomes, in a sense, a form of performance art — a narrative of how an art outsider enters the art world. Its series of “off-site” presences almost function as its own CV, ironically reflecting how many art institutions today value the artist’s record or visibility more than the essence of the work itself.