Phillip Lai /For Caution /Dec 12, 2023 – Jan 27, 2024 /Opening: Saturday, Dec 9, 3pm – 6pm /Wan Chai Gallery / Kiang Malingue 10 Sik On StreetWan Chai, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 12am – 6pm +852 2810 0317 kiangmalingue.com Kiang Malingue is pleased to present For Caution, an exhibition of new work by Phillip Lai. This is the London-based artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.  Over the past three decades, Phillip Lai has developed a sculptural language which explores approaches to the ubiquitous materials and experiences that derive from a techno-industrial culture – such as that of mass production, functionality, the mechanistic, automation, ergonomics, infrastructure. Its basis refers to our psychological interactions in this culture, as well as an intermingling with it. Transfers or retentions of energy are envisioned, through materials and objects that often suggest the support of basic daily functions, needs and the sustaining of human life. For his exhibition at Kiang Malingue, Lai’s work occupies various floors of the gallery. The new works made for this show cross-reference each other in their formal vocabularies as well as …