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Ling Pui Sze 凌佩詩
By Jessica Wan Much like gazing at the night sky during the new moon in minimal light, Ling Pui Sze’s works capture ever-evolving textures and organic forms, evoking a sense of tranquility and boundlessness. Inspired by her personal medical experiences and a deep connection to nature, Ling employs experimental ink techniques and collages to create videos, sculptural installations and works on paper. Her...
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Howie Tsui 徐浩恩
by Brady NgWhen Howie Tsui and his family settled in Canada’s Thunder Bay, a sparsely populated, blue-collar corner of northern Ontario, his connection to Hong Kong was getting stretched. It was 1984, after a few years in Lagos. But like many members of the Hong Kong diaspora who were born in the 1970s and 80s, one medium dropped him back into the city’s orbit: its pop...
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Kongkee 江康泉(江記)
by Brady NgWarring States Cyberpunk /Tai Kwun Contemporary /Hong Kong /Dec 9, 2023 – Mar 3, 2024 / Futuristic DIY attitudes, military-style uniforms, grimy tech gear and the “high tech, low life” motif—the aesthetics of cyberpunk saturate our visual media so much that its countercultural origins are drowned out in its neon glow. Maybe this is because fiction is spilling into real life, and our survival...
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Neo Rauch 尼奧·勞赫
by Christie LeeField Signs / David Zwirner / Hong Kong / Nov 16, 2023 – Feb 24, 2024 / Throughout history, human beings have always sought signs: from zodiac signs that give meaning to what they believe in or do to literal signs that provide instructions during an election or protest. The pursuit of signs often reaches a climax at the end or beginning of the...
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Sin Wai Kin 單慧乾
The Story Changing / Matrix 284 Gallery, Berkeley Art Museum / Berkeley, California / Dec 13, 2023 – Mar 10, 2024 / DeWitt Cheng / The Story Changing, the first US museum show by Sin Wai Kin, the Canadian-born, London-based performance artist turned filmmaker, consists of two videos in a small exhibit in the Matrix 284 Gallery and the adjoining hallway at California’s Berkeley...
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Kings’ Inscriptions · Contemporary Interpretations
Kwok Mang Ho, Lee Wing Ki, Prof. Lee Yun Woon, Prof. Leong Lampo, Dr Leung Kwan Kiu, Tso Cheuk Yim, Yeung Yuk Kan / University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), The University of Hong Kong / Sep 23 – Dec 30, 2023 / Ilaria Maria Sala As ink has become more popular, and more gallery and museum space is being dedicated to the medium,...
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Zhang Wenzhi
Tiger in Mountains, Deer at Ocean / Blindspot Gallery / Hong Kong / Nov 28, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024 / Tiger in Mountains, Deer at Ocean, curated by Leo Li Chen at Blindspot Gallery, focuses on Zhang Wenzhi’s latest series of works, primarily consisting of large-format ink-on-paper pieces, accompanied by a video. Zhang’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in the historical context...
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Lawrence Carroll
Whispers of the Soul / Villepin Gallery / Hong Kong / Nov 26, 2023 – Feb, 2024 / In an art market flooded with so much noise, it’s easy to overlook the work of Lawrence Carroll. The Melbourne-born American artist, who died in 2019, created works that fill a room with silence and inspire contemplation. They encourage slowness and consideration in how we approach and...
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Mark Chung
by John BattenThe Next Level / Mark Chung’s exhibitions often feature opposites and duality. Objects are intentionally broken or deconstructed alongside ones that are carefully built. Claustrophobic installations are created in which settings, artwork and videos offer freedom and space, depicting or alluding to grids-as-cages set against free-floating-clouds. There are intense, blinding light and spots of darkness; technical skill and analogue craft-worship. Objects used for one...
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Mrinalini Mukherjee
by Brady Ngmould the wing to match the photograph / Asia Art Archive / Sep 20, 2023 – Feb 29, 2024 / Humans use knots to keep records, create decor, bind one another and fasten objects. Tying knots is an inherently violent process that strains the rope, bending and crushing its fibres until one day in the future, it snaps under the tension of uneven forces....