If the word we | The 59th Carnegie International: Chung Seoyoung

Chung Seoyoung is featured in the 59th edition of the Carnegie International, If the word we, now on view at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

Spanning the past two decades, the presentation brings together sculptures and a carbon wall drawing. Familiar objects—such as a sink and tables—are adjusted and repositioned through minimal intervention and presented in new contexts within the exhibition space.

Chung attends to what she describes as the “immaterial aspects” within objects, focusing on the relationship between perception and meaning. Her work considers sculpture not as a fixed form but as a set of conditions shaped through relations and exchanges.

The carbon wall drawing extends this approach, treating language as an element placed within space. Together, the works suggest relationships between material and immaterial, object and context, where meaning remains open.

On view through January 3, 2027, the 59th Carnegie International brings together 61 artists, considering what it means to speak collectively and how shared experiences, interdependence, and social responsibility shape our cultures.