Taking inspiration from myriad things, from ancient dynastic history to Bruce Lee, Yang Jiechang attempts to capture the zeitgeist of China’s southern region, Canton.
Spring is sexy. In China, "spring heart" and "spring feelings" can refer to lust, love or passion, while in Japan, 17th and 18th century erotic woodblock prints were called shunga, which literally means "images of spring." In the West, spring is associated with renewal and rebirth, and sprouting flowers are always suggestive of reproductive organs in the art world. No better time, then, to use the sexy season as a label for this group exhibition of erotic...
Yang Yongliang's second Hong Kong exhibition blends visual and video elements to forward his ongoing preoccupation with Asian cities evolving via technological development. With stunning clarity, he contrasts the rural and urban to dream-like effect, setting up scenes of twilight that ask the viewer to contemplate the effect that our urbanisation and modernisation have on cultural preservation. Especially prescient for life in our city, this one's...
Local artist Au Hoi-lam's work is autobiographical, focusing on the trivial minutae of everyday life to contemplate how they speak to broader themes that weave through her life. This exhibition mourns the death of her father. The gallery is colored ocean blue, an evocative song written for him plays repeatedly, and his bed is installed in the space. The symbols, images and sounds are meant to be interpreted differently by each who passes through. Au dedicates the exhibition not just to...
French graphic artist Romain Jacquet‐Lagrèze became interested in photography while living in Los Angeles and Tokyo, inspired by constantly growing skyscrapers which he terms "the architectural race to the sky." This inspiration has understandably found a home here in Hong Kong, and "Vertical Horizon" is a collection of his snaps since living here, showing the colors and dimensions of our towering skyline from unusual and striking angles. As a part of Le French May,...
Art Statements and Gaffer are pretty proud that four of their own artists will be exhibited at the 2013 Venice Biennale—one of the world's most prestigious art fairs—and want to celebrate by displaying their work this month in Hong Kong. Featured are the Russian collective AES+F, Japanese anime and video game guru Yoshitaka Amano, Aussie canvas dripper Dale Frank and Chinese oil painter Chen Ping. If variety is your chosen life-spice, you'll get it here.
