Villepin is set to present a dual-location exhibition showcasing works by Myonghi Kang. As an artist who split her time between South Korea and France, Myonghi held the distinction of being the first Asian artist to exhibit in Centre Georges in 1986. This exhibition commemorates a pivotal chapter of Myonghi's artistic legacy, engaging in dialogue with other historical artists like Gustave Courbet and Paul Cézanne. Spanning two venues in Hong Kong, this exhibition beckons viewers into a transformative odyssey, exploring heightened perceptions of colours and light. 

Myonghi Kang

Myonghi Kang's (b. 1947, Daegu, South Korea) vibrant cosmic paintings project a pure sensibility without boundaries. Through her canvases, the artist expresses a view of the natural world that vacillates between emptiness and fullness in myriad manifestations of colours, marks, and shapes. Myonghi's paintings radiate joy and powerfully transform their surrounding space. The artist is also a prolific poet; these two mediums allow the artist to capture the world around her, re-constructing its cartography through metaphysical forms of representation.

Myonghi studied Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University. She immigrated to France in 1972 and first settled in near Aix-en Provence, in a small village named Gardanne. As the first Korean female artist to exhibit in top art museums and international institutions, she had a solo exhibition at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1986 and has also shown at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul (1989), Beijing National Art Museum (2005), Ningbo Museum of Art (2007), Shanghai Museum of Art (2007), and Beijing Art Museum of Imperial City in China (2011). Recently, she had a solo exhibition in Qingdao for the grand opening of the TAG museum in 2023, in tandem with Antony Gormley's exhibition.

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