Two Masters Meet at Seoul Gallery: Kim Kang Yong and Shane Guffogg's Two-Person Exhibition

Gallery Chang will present a two-person exhibition featuring Korean and American art masters Kang Yong Kim and Shane Guffogg at ‘Gallery Chang-Seoul’ in the Oakwood Premier COEX Center this October.

This exhibition, titled “Infinite Dialogue,” unfolds as a “philosophical dialogue” in which two masters from the East and the West exchange questions and answers in their own languages.

For over 50 years, artist Kim Kang Yong has explored the essence of existence and perception through the everyday material of "bricks." His works, built of sand and shadows, are not simply objects, but are considered spaces for philosophical contemplation, questioning the very act of seeing.

Artist Shane Guffogg has built a world of works that cross the boundaries of light and time, science and art, based on the fundamental question of “how can time and space be compressed into a single moment?”

Last year, Guffogg held a solo exhibition titled "At the Still Point of the Turning World – Strangers of Time" at the Scala Contarini del Bovolo Museum in Venice, in line with the official theme of the 60th Venice Biennale, "Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere." At the time, he garnered international attention for incorporating the Biennale's critical thinking into the concept of "strange time," and was featured prominently by international media outlets, including the BBC.

This Seoul exhibition intersects Guffogg's global projects with Kim Kang Yong's long-standing exploration, posing the question, "What does it mean to see?" to Korean audiences. This two-person exhibition will begin in Seoul and continue with a New York exhibition in 2026, aiming to expand the artistic discourse connecting Korea and the United States.

Chang JunHwan, the head of the gallery, said, “We have been promoting a two-way exchange by introducing Korean artists in New York and world-renowned masters in Korea,” and added, “This exhibition will be a place to intensively demonstrate that identity and an opportunity to prove the status of Korean art on a global scale.”

by. Eun Hwa Choi / https://www.mk.co.kr/news/culture/11425660