INTRO
Gallery Chang – Vault presents a curated selection of 21 works by Shane Guffogg from his 2024 Venice Biennale exhibition, At the Still Point of the Turning World. Originally presented in Venice, these works marked a pivotal moment in Guffogg’s practice, where decades of sustained inquiry into perception, time, and consciousness converged in a body of paintings defined by quiet intensity and profound spatial awareness.
At the heart of this exhibition is a sustained meditation on stillness—not as the absence of movement, but as a point of equilibrium within constant transformation. Guffogg’s layered surfaces, built through repeated acts of looking, revision, and restraint, invite the viewer into a temporal experience where perception unfolds slowly and deliberately. The paintings resist immediate comprehension, instead rewarding prolonged attention and contemplative engagement.
Presented in the secluded setting of Gallery Chang – Vault, this exhibition recontextualizes the Venice Biennale works within an intimate, private environment. Removed from the scale and spectacle of the international exhibition format, the paintings are experienced here as singular encounters—allowing their subtle chromatic shifts, structural depth, and internal rhythms to fully resonate.
This VIP-only, invitation-only presentation brings the emotional and philosophical gravity of Venice to Korea, offering collectors and invited guests a rare opportunity to engage closely with a body of work shaped by both place and introspection. At the Still Point of the Turning World ultimately proposes painting as a site of stillness amid flux—a space where time slows, perception deepens, and meaning quietly emerges.
