Hong Kong, 18:30-20:30, February 23, 2016, M Plus Museum hosted by Hong Kong University In conjunction with the Sigg Collection Exhibition Opening, the talk contextualized the work of three Chinese art stars – figurative painter Zhang Xiaogang張曉剛, video artist Zhang Peili張培力 and abstract/conceptual painter Ding Yi丁乙. All coming from the same generation (Ding Yi…
Hong Kong, Feb 17, 2016 http://www.scad.edu/event/2016-02-17-kacey-wong-lecture-art-resistance Kacey Wong is very much a ‘media artist’ in the way how he is able to attract audiences through his protest artworks slash media stunts. In all the works, he tries to give a commentary on the social and political circumstances in Hong Kong. Currently, he is a professor…
Hong Kong, November 27, 2015 – March 28, 2016, http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/APO/en_US/web/apo/about_oi.html A space located in a Hong Kong heritage building, run by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. There is a strong sense of community engagement at this place with different…
Hong Kong, January 29 – March 5, 2015, https://www.facebook.com/starprojects.space/ Artists: aaajao, Keith Lam, Michael Lee, Li Liao, Liu Shiyuan, Tang Kwok Hin; Curated by Leo Li Chen, Qu Chang, Wenqi Zeng My first visit to starprojects made me hopeful. It is always nice to escape the claustrophobic grime of Hong Kong and Kowloon and head…
Hong Kong, January 27, 2016 (Bloomberg Auditorium, Cheung Kong Center 25F), http://www.aaa.org.hk/Bloomberg_Collective During the last few years, Asia Art Archive (AAA) commissioned a new booth for their presence in the Art Basel Hong Kong art fair every year. The booth has been used to create a space for encounter and idea exchange, most prominently a…
Hong Kong, January 15 – February 14, 2016, http://www.floatingprojectscollective.net Floating Projects is a new space in the South of Hong Kong Island in Wong Chuk Hang. The place, which is run by a group of artists, is a combination of a cozy coffee shop and an experimental art space with a laidback atmosphere. Wong Chun…
Hong Kong, November 25, 2015 – January 9, 2016, http://www.lehmannmaupin.com/ Very gentle colorful drawings that flock together at a distance to create large cloud-like shapes. Looking at the drawings from a close distance, one can recognize thousands of calligraphy-like stokes. While the gallery release stresses the universality of the motives that can be understood as…
Hong Kong, December 2, 2015 – February 4, 2016 http://www.benbrownfinearts.com This was a great collection of German art, yet what lead the gallery to re-stage the same collection in a scaled-down version again in a resized, smaller space of the same gallery, right after the original exhibition has been finished? Rather than an exhibition, this…
Hong Kong, December 10, 2015 – January 16, 2016, http://www.hanart.com/ A group show with many artists, which stood out by its attempt to create a space reminiscent of a Chinese literati “reading room”. Small tables with books and chairs were placed throughout the exhibition space. The works were primarily drawing on the Chinese culture circuit,…
Hong Kong, December 14, 2015 – January 23, 2016, http://www.aaa.org.hk A chamber exhibition within the AAA library space, looking at Filipino musician and composer Jose Maceda as an associative starting point for collecting a range of artworks and materials. It was good to see it together with the curator’s (Inti Guerero) guidance. Listening to his…