(8/30-9/28/2013) http://www.galerienec.com I arrived at this gallery by chance while on my way to some other place. I have passed by previously, but the usual display of ceramic vases and sculptures rarely got my attention. This time my sight was drawn in by the empty space that was lined by one long double-shelf along the…
Category: Hong Kong
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Pearl Lam Hong Kong: Jenny Holzer “Light Stream”
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(9/19 – 11/2/2013) http://www.pearllam.com/city/hong-kong/ This show has a bit of a ‘showroom feel’ at first. The polished LED displays in the white space looked similar to the iPhones in an Apple Store. I also instantly recognized the arch-shaped displays that have been on show at Rockbund Museum in Shanghai earlier this year. The work was…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
White Cube Hong Kong: Theaster Gates “My Back. My Wheel and My Will”
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(9/13 – 11/2/2013) http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/ I saw Gates’ work at the Documenta 13: A transformation of an abandoned house in Kassel, a refurbishment through collective effort. For Gates, a house is a container for a community. And even though he works with houses and building materials, it is the community which lies in the center of…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Sin Sin Fine Art: “Ten Years After” Group Exhibition
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(9/13 – 10/31/2013) http://www.sinsin.com.hk/ A group show of many artists related to Sin Sin Gallery. While many countries were represented, Indonesia stood out as one of the main focal points. It seemed that artists were asked to produce works in the shape of boxes or containers: Many works took this shape. A lot of the…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Osage Kwun Tong: “The Imperfect Circle”
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(8/31 – 9/30/2013) http://www.osagegallery.com/ Featuring AMA, Au Hoi Lam, Vivian Poon and Tsang Chui Mei from the “Qiang” studio space, along with artists Carmen Ho and Wong Wai Yin. This was a group show of ‘cirle’ themed artworks. Most of the artworks had a feminine feel to them. Did it mean that the artists were…
_Writing about, Asia, Hong Kong, Lecture/Performance/Event
Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 Asia Art Archive talks: Wang Guanle + Seher Shah + Byron Kim, Linda Lai + Shooshie Sulaiman + Abbas Kiarostami, Vivan Sundaram solo
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As last year during Art Hong Kong, Asia Art Archive organized a series panel talks adding to the fair’s program. Compared to last year, the number of lectures has been reduced I guess this is given the fact that Art ‘Basel’ Hong Kong now introduced their ‘own’ series of talks. I did not have time…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
“I Think It Rains” at 1a Art Space
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1a Art Space, Hong Kong May 17, 2013 – Jun 30, 2013 The “I Think It Rains” group show at the 1a Art Space at the Cattle Depot Artist Village in Hong Kong drew from two sources: On one end, it was a project of the private Burger Collection – a project which I perceive…
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Impressions from Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
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Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, 22 May – 26 May 2013 My first impression was definitely linked to the new name: Is this event taking place in Basel or in Hong Kong? Will the Art Basel fair now be called “Art Basel Basel” to conform to the new naming convention? Below, three deja-vues and…
_Writing about, Asia, Books, Hong Kong
Soundpocket “Around”
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Soundpocket: Around 聽在 Earlier this year, I have spent a few months in Hong Kong. One of the things I brought back was a “catalogue” of the “Around / 聽在” sound art festival that took place in Hong Kong in 2009. I recently finished reading and listening through it (it contains a CD). I was…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Adrian Wong “Troglodyte See the Light”
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Adrian Wong 王浩然: Troglodyte See the Light February 2012, at Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Wong created a number of speaking mechatronic puppets for this show. The voice was his, exploring untypical and absurd uses of language. The works were ‘packaged’ as funny shaped creatures, which was a good way to engage the visitors. If…