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Lin Guocheng in conversation with Dr. Susan L. Beningson

Ink in Our Modern TimesTalk will be bilingual in English and Chinese Wednesday, Sep 27, 20236pm – 7pmRSVP assistant@alisan.com.hk Alisan Fine Arts21/F Lyndhurst Tower1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central Hong Kong+852 2526 1091Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm Also live-streamed on Instagram @alisanfinearts alisan.com.hk Alisan Fine Arts is excited to announce two prominent figures in the contemporary art scene: contemporary ink artist Lin Guocheng and Dr. Susan L. Beningson, curator and professor, will engage in a face-to-face conversation at the Central gallery, discussing the topic “Ink in Our Modern Times” on how popular culture, such as ukiyo-e prints, cinema and novels, transforms landscape paintings and their meanings, and on the inspiration Lin draws from ancient totem in his works. This event is as part of the current exhibition Lin Guocheng: A Dance of Landscapes and Civilisation. Notably, Dr. Beningson has travelled from New York to participate in this special event. Dr. Susan L. Beningson is an independent curator and Professor of Asian Art history at New York University. Her forthcoming exhibition, the retrospective Xu Bing: Word Alchemy, will open at Asia Society Texas (AST) …

Julie Curtiss at White Cube Hong Kong

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Bitter Apples /Sep 21 – Nov 11, 2023 / White Cube Hong Kong50 Connaught Road, Central Hong Kong+852 2592 2000Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm whitecube.com White Cube is pleased to present Julie Curtiss’ first exhibition in Greater China, opening in September. The presentation features painting, sculpture and works on paper, as well as Curtiss’ first film work, a Surrealist narrative incorporating sculptural props made by the artist. The new works feature birds, insects and lush, tropical plants influenced by Curtiss’ new studio location in Florida. Sparking parallels with art-historical depictions of Eden and Paradise, the motifs serve as fertile ground for the artist’s slyly humorous take on temptation, gender and sexuality. A new edition, made by traditional Japanese woodblock printing, has been created on the occasion of this show.

Michael Ho, Chris Huen Sin Kan, Timothy Lai, Su Yu-Xin

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Inside the White Cube: New Moroism / White Cube / Hong Kong / May 31 – Sep 9, 2023 / By Christina Ko / Blurred lines are very much the theme at White Cube’s summer exhibition, Inside the White Cube: New Moroism. In the literal sense, it refers to the Moroism movement, which emerged in Japan in the 19th century and saw stark outlines replaced by vague or hazy delineations of spatial boundaries. In a more abstract sense, these blurred lines are cultural ones: the four artists contributing to the show are of Asian descent, but no longer live or have never lived in their respective ethnic homelands, and pay homage to their heritage through their work. As such, the painting-dominant show is both romantic and restrained, filled with imagination and longing through an exploration of the concept of home, as embodied in each artist’s practice. The gallery’s lower floor features three works by London-based Michael Ho, who was raised in a small town in the Netherlands, a so-called third-culture kid whose childhood was and …

Yeung Tong Lung and Sze Yuen at Blindspot Gallery

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Solo · Exhibition · Twice II: Of Seeing / Sep 12 – Oct 28, 2023 / Opening: Saturday, Sep 9, 4pm – 6.30pm / Blindspot Gallery 15/F Po Chai Industrial Building 28 Wong Chuk Hang Road Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong +852 2517 6238 Tuesday – Saturday, 10.30am – 6.30pm blindspotgallery.com Solo · Exhibition · Twice II: Of Seeing is the second joint exhibition by Yeung Tong Lung and Sze Yuen since 1995. The exhibition includes Yeung’s recent oil paintings, and Sze’s charcoal works and oil paintings from the past decade to the present. Yeung Tong Lung is known for his large-scale figurative paintings, characterized by vibrant colors, vivid contrasts, and collagesque compositions that connect multiple spaces, different characters, and narratives on the same plane. Sze Yuen’s creations have always adhered to a horizontal scroll format, with most of her works displaying muted color tones, imbued with a deep sense of uncertainty and instability in terms of location, space, time, and subjects. While their artistic styles diverge greatly, their works are connected by the shared experience of Hong Kong – the …

Antonio Casadei

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By Fionnuala McHugh In March 1968, the United States Patent Office received an application filed by one Antonio Casadei of York Road, Kowloon Tong. It was a design for an inflatable sled that could transport goods across ice and snow. Cover 1966 Hong Kong Report.Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute. The subtropical address wasn’t the only unexpected aspect; Casadei, the hopeful inventor, was an artist in Hong Kong. His work could be seen in hotels and malls, and was already such a public attraction in Statue Square that the British colonial government had put it on the cover of its 1966 annual report. The sled application was granted in 1970 but expired in 1987. By then, Casadei was living in Spain. After 20 years’ residence, he’d left Hong Kong in 1983, the year he turned 60. When he gave a final interview to the South China Morning Post, the headline read: ‘The artist who’s left his mark on Hongkong’. “In Hongkong, evidence of his talent lies virtually wherever one looks,” wrote the interviewer. “Almost every …

Patricia Piccinini at Tai Kwun Contemporary

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HOPE—Patricia Piccinini /May 24 – Sep 3, 2023 / JC Contemporary / Tai Kwun /10 Hollywood Road /Central, Hong Kong /Tue – Sun, 11am – 7pm / taikwun.hk Featuring more than 50 sculptural, photographic and filmic works by the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini, Tai Kwun Contemporary’s immersive exhibition HOPE taps into our hopes and fears about the impact of science on humanity. The artist’s hyperrealistic sculptures of human-animal hybrids, both endearing yet grotesque, explore the unexpected consequences of tampering with nature. Visitors will get to explore an engrossing, perplexing, and deeply touching world that is at once fantastical yet one with which we identify naturally and instinctively. While her work concerns scientific progress and humankind’s destructive power over nature, a resilient optimism shines through. HOPE is Patricia Piccinini’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong and encompasses all of the gallery spaces of JC Contemporary. Among the largest works in the show is Celestial Field (2021), a vast, immersive installation comprising 4,500 individual flower stems sprouting both upward from the floor and hanging downward from the ceiling, inviting visitors to contemplate on “progress”. Elsewhere, …

New Moroism at White Cube Hong Kong

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Inside the White Cube: New Moroism /May 31 – 9 Sep, 2023 / White Cube Hong Kong /50 Connaught Road, Central /Hong Kong /+852 2592 2000 /Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm / whitecube.com White Cube Hong Kong is pleased to present New Moroism, a group exhibition which brings together four artists who seek to expand the parameters and ideation of figuration in painting. Part of an emerging generation of artists whose roots are in Asia, Michael Ho, Chris Huen Sin Kan, Timothy Lai and Su Yu-Xin reflect a new approach and sensibility, responsive to trans-regional shifts and migration. Embracing the concept of ambiguity within their paintings, the artists each explore Moroism, an aesthetic paradigm which is derived from the ‘mōrōtai’ style (mōrō literally translated as ‘vague’ or ‘indistinct’) that emerged in Japan of the late Meiji era (1868–1912), also found as a pictorial intention originating in traditional Chinese painting theory. Determined by the artists’ shared East Asian heritage, the works in this exhibition are grounded in personal narrative. Chris Huen Sin Kan’s large-scale oil paintings feature a recurring cast of characters including his wife, son, daughter and dogs. …

Katherine Bernhardt at David Zwirner Hong Kong

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Katherine Bernhardt /Dummy doll jealous eyes ditto pikachu beefy mimikyu rough play Galarian rapid dash libra horn HP 270 Vmax full art /May 20 – Aug 5, 2023 / David Zwirner /5-6/F, H Queen’s / 80 Queen’s Road Central /Central, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm+852 21195900 davidzwirner.com David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Katherine Bernhardt (b. 1975) that will take place at the gallery’s location in Hong Kong. The works in this presentation continue to expand Bernhardt’s unique visual lexicon, which culls from an irreverent pop vernacular as well as her own life and the broader culture. With her signature, lively brushwork, and vibrant color palette, the artist here will focus on characters from the Japanese media franchise and global game sensation Pokémon. This will be Bernhardt’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong and her second with David Zwirner.

Liste Art Fair Basel

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Jun 12 – 18, 2023 Messe Basel, Hall 1.1 Maulbeerstrasse / corner Riehenring 113 4058 Basel liste.ch Founded in 1996, Liste Art Fair Basel is the international fair for discoveries in contemporary art. Every year in Basel, a younger generation of galleries shows artists who are outstanding representatives of the latest developments and trends in contemporary art. Many of today’s most significant galleries for contemporary art laid their foundations at Liste. This year, 88 galleries from 35 countries will welcome visitors from 12–18 June in Hall 1.1 at Messe Basel. With artworks by over 100 artists, 66 solo and 18 group presentations, and two joint stands, the galleries will present the latest voices in contemporary art. Since 2021, Liste has consisted of three formats: Liste Art Fair Basel, Liste Showtime Online and Liste Expedition Online. Liste Showtime, the digital edition of the fair, launches this year with a preview from 7–11 June and runs until 25 June. With media-rich presentations, our gal- leries not only offer works for sale on the platform but also provide deeper insights into …

Tromarama, Lai Chih-Sheng at Kiang Malingue

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Tromarama /Contraflow /May 23 – Jun 30, 2023 /Opening: Saturday, May 20, 3pm – 6pm /Tin Wan Studio / Lai Chih-Sheng /It’s a quiet thing /May 27 – Jul 8, 2023 /Opening: Thursday, May 25, 6pm – 8pm /Wan Chai Gallery / Kiang Malingue 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm 12 & 13/F Blue Box Factory Building25 Hing Wo Street, Aberdeen, Hong Kong Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm+852 2810 0317 kiangmalingue.com Kiang Malingue is pleased to present at its Tin Wan studio spaces Contraflow, showcasing recent paintings, lenticular prints, performative sculptures, installations and videos by Tromarama. The artist collective continues exploring the significance of the digital economy, the intersection of play and labour, retrieving traces of the personal and the intimate amidst data and statistics, as they reveal the infrastructures of social media, the production of happiness and simulated joy. At it’s Sik On street space is It’s a quiet thing, Lai Chih-Sheng’s exhibition that directly negotiates with the architecture of the space. By presenting a series of site-specific installations and interventions, the exhibition in its totality …