All posts tagged: Lap-See Lam

Lap-See Lam 林立施

Bamboo Palace, Revisited /Blindspot Gallery /Hong Kong /Mar 23 – May 2, 2026 / With Bamboo Palace, Revisited, the gallery space at Blindspot has been transformed into a labyrinth in which visitors can almost lose themselves, or at least lose their usual benchmarks. This arrangement perfectly aligns with Lap-See Lam’s work and allows us to journey with her through the meanders of memory and the collective history of Hong Kong. Born in Stockholm as a second-generation immigrant, the artist has spent nearly a decade exploring the culture of the Hong Kong diaspora, focusing in particular on the transformations and glitches that occur through spatiotemporal displacement. Her research delves into her own family history, which she weaves together with the history of the territory through myths, craftsmanship and techniques. This is how she came to work with shadow play, an art form that travelled from Europe to China in the 17th century. More recently, since her participation in the Nordic Pavilion in Venice in 2024, she has been tracing the fate of a Chinese ship built …

Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, the second chapter of Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008

Xyza Cruz Bacani, Chen Ronghui, Chen Ruofan, Chen Wei, Chen Xiaoyi, Gordon Cheung, Chu Yun, Mark Chung, Cui Jie, Dong Jinling, Foreign Investment, Han Qian, Joyce Ho, Ho Rui An, Hu Qingtai, Hu Yinping, Kwan Sheung Chi, Jaffa Lam, Lap-See Lam, Law Yuk Mui, Ocean Leung, Li Binyuan, Li Jinghu, Li Liao, Li Ming, Li Nu, Li Ran, Li Shuang, Li Yifan, Liao Guohe, Liu Sheng, Long Pan, Andrew Luk, Ma Qiusha, Musquiqui Chihying, Shi Qing, Sim Chi Yin, Samuel Swope, Tong Wenmin, Yang Guangnan, Zhang Ruyi, Zheng YuanStay Connected: Supplying the GlobeFeb 27 – May 31, 2026 JC Contemporary and F HallTai Kwun 10 Hollywood Road Central, Hong KongMon – Sun, 11am – 7pm taikwun.hk Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe (Feb 28 to May 31, 2026), on view across three floors of the JC Contemporary and F Hall galleries. Curated by Dr Pi Li and Ying Kwok, the second chapter of the panoramic exhibition Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 shifts our attention from the digital world to the material one. Anchored in the new …