East Contemporary

Category: Hong Kong

Simon Lee Gallery: Hugh Scott-Douglas

Hong Kong, September 11 – October 22, 2015, http://www.simonleegallery.com Quickly scanning through the images on the gallery’s website, Hugh Scott-Douglas work seems to cover a whole range of approaches and media, centered on reflecting of the world of capitalist production and consumption relations, both in terms of images and products. Sample images included and exhibit…

Ben Brown Fine Arts: “Aspects of German Art (Part One)”

Hong Kong, September 15 – October 24, 2015, http://www.benbrownfinearts.com Artists: Rosemarie Trockel, Günter Förg, Georg Baselitz, A.R. Penck, Franz Ackermann, Dirk Skreber, Thomas Zipp, Andre Butzer, Heinz Mack, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Imi Knoebel, Georg Karl Pfahler, Markus Lüpertz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Max Beckmann “A comprehensive survey of German…

Pearl Lam, Hong Kong, Pedder Building: “Form, Gesture, Feeling” Robert Motherwell 1915-1991

Hong Kong, 9 September – 6 November, 2015, http://www.pearllam.com Exhibition of one of the noted American abstract expressionist painter’s works. Abstract expressionism, the first ‘truly American’ style got a different flavor since its role as CIA’s cultural weapon during the Cold War has been confirmed. While the exhibition covered a period from the 1940’s until…

Wooferten: Asian Pussy for All (a.k.a. Gender, Genitor, Genitalia – Rokudenashiko Tribute)

Hong Kong, August 29 – September 20, 2015, http://wooferten.blogspot.hk/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1445782452408927/ Curator: Hitomi Hasegawa, Artists: 会田誠 Makoto Aida, LING & COMMA (Gao Ling 高靈 & Elaine W. Ho 何穎雅 ), 梁志剛 Michael Leung, 文晶瑩 Phoebe Man, ROBOT (Takuji Kogo 古郷卓司 及John Miller), Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi五十嵐惠), 林愷倩 Lam Hoi Sin, Sputniko!, 鈴木涼子 Ryoko Suzuki, Yuk Kin Tan,…

Hanart TZ: Yuan Goang Ming “Dwelling”

Hong Kong, September 18 – October 17, 2015, Hong Kong, https://www.facebook.com/Hanart.TZ.Gallery Curator: Valerie C. Doran. Hanart TZ Gallery recently focused mainly on Chinese ink painting, plus some western-style paintings by artists of greater China origins. A video-art exhibition of Yuan Goang Ming, one of the founders of Taiwanese video was quite a surprising turn of…

Leo Gallery: Alec von Bargen Solo

Hong Kong, September 17 – October 10, 2015, http://www.leogallery.com.cn Alec von Bargen is an actor-turned photographer. His acting experience seeps through into his photographic work, which is always centered on human individuals, their expressions and feelings. Formally, works are either specific portraits of anonymous individuals, or photographs of more generic silhouettes that metaphorically stand for…

Galerie Huit: Makoto Fujimura “Fire and Water”

Hong Kong, September 1 – October 5, 2015, http://www.galeriehuit.com.hk Fujimura is an artist in his 50’s, Japanese, living in the U.S. Works seem to be made by applying ink or dry pigment onto paper mounted on a stretched canvas. Beautiful works, somewhere between abstract expressionism and Asian ink painting. Suitable for any living room or…