EVENT DESCRIPTION
The Stallery is proud to present Artifice, a groundbreaking new exhibition by CHANG, opening on 24 May 2025. Coinciding with The Stallery’s 10th Anniversary in 2025, the series delves deep into the inherent conflicts within our modern existence, the passage of time, and the intersections between the natural and the artificial.
At its core, Artifice explores the concept of duality—how every aspect of life is made up of contradictions. This body of work, which began with an exploration of Chinese’s scholar’s rocks, evolved into an examination of nature, existence, and technology. Just as rocks tell the story of millions of years, through their shapes and textures, Artifice juxtaposes the purity of the natural form with the heresy of symbols from contemporary society.
Set in an immersive environment that mimics an indoor Zen Garden, Artifice is a meditation on how technology in 2025, like life itself, is shaped by both creation and destruction. The artist’s use of contemporary symbols, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, rendered as artful scholar’s rocks, further emphasizes the tension between permanence and ephemerality, between what is natural and what is created by human hands.
