Joshua Cocking and Min Woo Bang reunite for Chance encounters II following their successful exhibition at Sydney’s Wagner Contemporary. This new chapter continues their shared fascination with the sky as a boundless site of emotion, memory, and transformation. Though their approaches diverge, both artists use atmospheric space as a lens through which to examine the complexities of human experience.

For Min Woo Bang, clouds become shifting metaphors, holding the weight of fleeting moments, quiet upheavals, and the emotional dramas that pass across a life. His luminous, vaporous forms evoke impermanence, inviting viewers to linger in the subtle transitions of light and shadow. Each painting becomes a meditation on change — at once gentle and overwhelming.

Joshua Cocking’s work, by contrast, gravitates toward the psychological terrain embedded within the landscape. His imagery often reflects a sense of disconnection or estrangement, rendering the natural world as both majestic and unsettling. Where Min Woo’s skies offer moments of transcendence, Joshua’s horizons reveal a quiet tension, confronting the viewer with spaces that are open yet emotionally charged. Together, their works create a dialogue between wonder and uncertainty, connection and solitude.