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Chapter 31
It’s interesting, Jinwoo says that he wanted Minjae to look at him with the same gaze as he looked at his artwork. i.e., he wanted him to admire him, not just his artwork.
I think this line is particularly important in context of what Colton says to him that he cares about the artist and not the art. Maybe this is what Jinwoo needs. He needs to know he is valuable too just by himself without his artwork. He has always been talented. His insecurity doesn’t lie there. It’s him, the individual that had been rejected
Chapter 34 Years back when Colton sees Jinwoo at the party, he says to Jinwoo “you are more memorable than your pieces” after seeing the way Jinwoo deals with that lecherous professor’s behaviour. (That left a deep impression on him)
It seems to be a theme of their dynamic. The artist without his art.
And I also think that another angle to Colton removing his name could have been because Colton didn’t want him to do the exhibition because it was part of their contract. And he wanted their relationship to be more than just a contract. So, he wanted to get rid of anything to do with the contract and organise a solo exhibition instead.