Gallery Chang will present a two-person exhibition featuring two leading figures of Korean and American contemporary art—Kim Kang Yong and Shane Guffogg—this coming October at Gallery Chang Seoul, located inside the Oakwood Premier COEX Center.
Titled Infinite Dialogue, the exhibition unfolds as a stage for a philosophical exchange in which two masters from East and West pose questions and offer responses in their own distinct visual languages.
Over the past five decades, Kim Kang Yong has explored the essence of existence and perception through the everyday motif of the “brick.” His canvases, built up with layers of sand and shadow, are not simply depictions of objects but are widely regarded as philosophical spaces that question the very act of seeing.
Shane Guffogg, meanwhile, has constructed a body of work that moves fluidly across the boundaries of light and time, science and art, grounded in the fundamental question: How can time and space be compressed into a single moment?
Last year, in conjunction with the 60th Venice Biennale’s official theme, Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, Guffogg held a solo exhibition at the Scala Contarini del Bovolo Museum in Venice titled At the Still Point of the Turning World – Strangers of Time. Through the concept of “strange time,” he wove the Biennale’s central inquiry into his work, drawing widespread international attention and coverage from major outlets including the BBC.
This Seoul exhibition brings Guffogg’s globally recognized projects into dialogue with Kim Kang Yong’s long-standing investigations, collectively posing the question, What does it mean to see? The conversation between the two masters, initiated in Seoul, is set to continue in a New York exhibition in 2026, further expanding an artistic discourse that bridges Korea and the United States.
Chang Junhwan, CEO of Gallery Chang, commented, “We have continued a two-way exchange by introducing Korean artists in New York and global masters in Korea. This exhibition is a concentrated expression of that identity and will serve as an important opportunity to demonstrate the stature of Korean art on the world stage.”
