Nuova Galleria Morone is pleased to present “Due convessi” a solo exhibition by T-Yong Chung (Daegu, South Korea, 1977), curated by Roberto Lacarbonara.

Every image represents a point of contact — the moment where two convex surfaces meet: the eye and the world. This intersection defines a space of connection and mutual penetration, revealing the depth and intensity of the invisible encounter between the self and reality.

Since the early formulations of perspective, following Brunelleschi’s studies, the construction of an image has been anchored to the vertical plane of the visual pyramid that links the observer’s gaze to reality. In T-Yong Chung’s work, however, vision emerges differently — not from a dominant subject or fixed viewpoint, but from a reciprocity between worlds, intentions, and presences. Understanding arises through communion, convergence, and contact.

In his sculptures of classical busts and children’s faces, Chung performs partial removals, amputating parts of the visage to evoke a sense of loss and absence. These geometric cuts reveal a threshold between an object-face and a subject-gaze that approaches and unlocks its mystery — a point where two presences merge, and where every encounter questions the self.

The artist’s monotypes on canvas and paper translate this idea into flat intersections, transforming three-dimensional volumes into two-dimensional surfaces through printmaking techniques. The dissected objects — ancient vessels, amphorae, clay kraters, or contemporary plastic containers — are all hollow forms, empty spaces. From them emerge hybrid, subtle figures in soft, fading tones: silhouettes from distant worlds converging into a single, fluid continuum — communicating vessels, ethereal sections of emptiness.

T-Yong Chung (Daegu, South Korea, 1977) lives and works in Milan. He graduated in Environmental Sculpture from Seoul National University and earned a Diploma in Sculpture from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been shown internationally, including at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & Asia Society (New York), Gangjeong Contemporary Art Festival (Daegu), Padiglione Esprit Nouveau (Bologna), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Lissone, Dolomiti Contemporanee (Casso), Fondazione Spinola Banna (Turin), and Galleria Civica di Trento.
He has held solo exhibitions at Renata Fabbri Gallery, Otto Zoo, MARS (Milan), and Car Project Gallery (Bologna), and has taken part in residencies at the Carlo Zauli Museum (Faenza), Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation (Venice), and Madeinfinlandia (Pergine Valdarno).