WHAT WE KNOW Having Hong Kong roots and an endless passion for ink art bind these 19 artists together. Contrary to the common association of ink art with classical subjects and vertical scroll presentations, these artists expand upon that vision in a contemporary manner, and use art to communicate their emotions about the ever-changing world…
WHAT WE KNOW Born Xie Jing-lan, Lalan was an iconic and pioneering figure in integrated art. She received professional vocal training, and found her passion in composition and dance, channelling her skills, passions, and inspirations into an art form called integrated art. Commemorating the centennial of her birth, the 32 masterpieces and archival works…
WHAT WE KNOW An intergenerational, international, and cosmopolitan group of artists addresses the topic of conversation, certainty and chance. This unusual show is an invitation to observe how things emerge in relation to each other through both visible and invisible performances – via sounds, gestures and smells – as you walk through the presentation. WHY…
WHAT WE KNOW Born in 1947 in Taegou, South Korea, Kang arrived in France in 1972. Having grown up during the Korean war, the young artist found solace in the books and paintings of European masters as well as in the natural world; to Kang, looking at nature was a way to avoid looking at war.…
WHAT WE KNOW Born in 1973 in Indonesia where she continues to live and work, Ay Tjoe began her career making graphic works, specifically intaglio dry point prints and textiles. Her diverse body of works now encompass painting, drawing, sculpture, and large-scale installations. She addresses themes of philosophy and spirituality, focusing on the human condition,…
WHAT Founded in 1924 by French poet, André Breton, the Surrealism movement followed the belief that mythologies brought human societies together by sharing common stories of their origins and associated rites. Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s theories on the unconscious, most of us are fascinated by and familiar with the Surrealist art movement and its associations…
WHAT Silver is a unique medium that not only serves as a canvas for extraordinary craftsmanship, but also tells stories that revolve around history and culture. This is a landmark exhibition featuring 150 sets of silver from the museum's permanent collection from the 18th to 20th centuries, featuring works by masters such as Robert Garrard,…
WHAT WE KNOW Chosen from Para Site’s 6th international open call for exhibition proposals from emerging curators, the present show is a collaboration between Para Site and China-based UCCA Center for Contemporary Art. The exhibition explores the relationship between ecology, geology, modernism, and land reclamation, examining the changes and developments to natural landscapes. WHY WE…
WHAT As Hong Kong’s pioneer in the New Ink Movement, Lui Shou-kwan made a splash in the local art scene in the 1960s and had a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art. This master of ink art flawlessly combined Chinese classical painting with Abstraction and Symbolism through techniques such as landscape sketching and out-of-the-box experimentation…
WHAT WE KNOW An internationally acclaimed contemporary artist from Malaysia, Yee established her artistic career through digitally manipulating images from found photographs and historical archives. Her works respond to the modern history of the Southeast Asia Archipelago and its colonial past and post-colonial present; they are social-economic commentaries that seek to highlight issues such as…
WHAT WE KNOW What does heritage mean to you? Are discarded objects culturally important? The show explores the critical and creative relationships between heritage and contemporary art through the works of 6 artists/artist groups from Hong Kong and beyond. Rather than focusing on rare or expensive materials, the thought-provoking show elevates mundane objects to items of value, prompting a discussion…
WHAT WE KNOW This is the Japanese artist’s first show in Greater China. It includes works from 1987 to 2020, and highlights his continued focus on imaginary architecture and ambient landscapes of indeterminate periods – a blend of the industrial, fantastical, archaic, and futuristic. Beginning with sketches from found images, Nomata’s images are transformed over…
WHAT WE KNOW This is the artist’s 2nd solo exhibition with the gallery, and its title is inspired by a geological term for a rock mass created through the sliding and accumulation of semi-fluid sediments. Consisting of new acoustic sculptures within a complex sound installation, Gork uses microphones, loudspeakers, and signal processing software embedded within…
WHAT WE KNOW A leading contemporary artist from Australia, Aida Tomescu built her artistic career of distinctive and powerful paintings through the processes of layering and erasure. With an in-depth knowledge and intimate study in art history, she appropriates the structure and content of Pre, Early and Renaissance Italian painters – in particular, Giotto, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca as well as Titian. WHY WE LOVE…
WHAT WE KNOW Known primarily as the founder and pioneer of video art, the artist was born in Seoul and made his home through Hong Kong, Japan, and Germany, until his death in the United States in 2006. A true pioneer and visionary, the artist had predicted that the East and the West would one…
WHAT WE KNOW A series of five large-scale and rarely-seen tapestries by Henry Moore is presented in Asia for the first time, courtesy of the Henry Moore Family Collection. Known mainly for his sculptures (many of which are seen in public spaces in Hong Kong), the artist was one of few sculptors and artists to…
WHAT WE KNOW The exhibition is the artist’s first in Hong Kong, and takes its title from the song by Tsai Chin, from the 1984 film adapted from ‘The Last Night of Taipan Chin’ (1971) by Taiwanese author, Pai Hsien-yung. The story follows the retirement of Madame Chin from her glamourous old-Shanghai nightclub, directly contrasted with…
WHAT WE KNOW The Colombian figurative artist is undoubtedly one of the world’s most distinctive and influential artists. His signature style of Boterismo is immediately recognisable; depicting figures in large, exaggerated volumes within warm colourful settings, his works evoke not only the joie de vivre and warmth of Latin American culture, but also channel the…
