EVERLASTING GAZE

In an era defined by rapidly evolving image production and digital technologies, painting—declared obsolete many times since modernism––continues to reassert its relevance. Everlasting Gaze considers whether contemporary painting might be understood as a medium continually renewed, or as a persistent presence from the past that continues to shape how we see. 

Despite the diversity of their approaches, the artists share an interest in extending the language of painting. Works in the exhibition explore the intersection of painting and sculpture, the materiality of light and color, and conceptual approaches to image-making and knowledge. Drawing on ideas articulated by the art historian T. J. Clark in The Sight of Death, the exhibition reflects on the act of sustained looking. Clark proposes that painting asks viewers to engage with stillness, distance, and the complexities of human experience. As he writes, “Gaze is a form of politics in itself.”  

Featured Artists: Jieun Cheon, Aleksy Cisowski, Jarvis Ruoxi Hua, Yena Seo-Yeon Park, Hao Shen, Austin Clay Willis