All posts tagged: Hou Jianan

DE SARTHE at Art Basel Hong Kong

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Galleries 3C08 /Chan Ka Kiu, Hou Jianan, Lov-Lov, Ma Sibo, Mak2, Caison Wang, Wang Jiajia, Wang Xin, Zhong Wei / Encounters EN9 /Lu Yang / Art Basel Hong KongConvention and Exhibition CentreMar 26 – 30, 2025 desarthe.com DE SARTHE returns to Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 with a curated presentation at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Galleries sector, an interactive installation by Lu Yang at the fair’s Encounters sector. In Galleries, the gallery will be participating with a nine-artist presentation, featuring a selection of works on canvas and paper, video, and multimedia artworks by the gallery’s roster of represented and collaborating artists, including Chan Ka Kiu, Hou Jianan, Lov-Lov, Ma Sibo, Mak2, Caison Wang, Wang Jiajia, Wang Xin, and Zhong Wei. Of particular note is a newly created interactive video game by Hong Kong-based artist Mak2 that visitors can play at the booth. Under the new cultural narrative forming amongst contemporary artists from Asia, cultivated by the emerging phenomenon of digital diaspora, the presented artists investigate the agents of identity in the post-technological era. Following Mak2’s large-scale installation Copy of …

Hou Jianan at DE SARTHE

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Hou Jianan /Here Today, Gone Tomorrow /Nov 30, 2024 – Jan 25, 2025 / DE SARTHE26/F, M Place54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong+852 2167 8896Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm desarthe.com Here Today, Gone Tomorrow by Chongqing-based artistHou Jianan is now open at DE SARTHE Hong Kong. The exhibition features a new body of works on canvas that allude to the illusion of fulfillment that manifests in the cross-breeze of consumerist society and digital gratification. Sweet and plump yet empty and fragile, Hou Jianan’s manipulation of imagery alludes to the way in which our perception of goods is enhanced by technology, resulting in the expanded desire to consume and indulge in materialism. As we are constantly distracted, or arguably numbed, by temptations and entertainment, we fall into a false sense of security as Hou suggests through his portrayal of home environments and domestic objects. With an emphasis on artificiality, the imagery speaks to the illusion of fulfillment constructed and exacerbated by instant digital gratifications.