Strange Strangers

Para Site 22/F Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King's Road, North Point & Quarry Bay

WHAT Taking place at the non-profit’s new 10th floor annex, the exhibition features works by the New York-based Chinese artist (Cao) and the Hong Kong artist (Chan). While Cao’s works consist of stoneware, glass, and resin, Chan creates sculptures that transform urban debris, ancient artefacts, as well as natural and industrial materials. Though the artists…

To Paint the Written World

Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories

WHAT While Schwarzwald is interested in the writing of words as an act of drawing which, as a system of gestural practice, draws forth specific realities, Chan approaches the written word from the perspective of Chinese ideographs. The former has produced many ‘sets’ of gestural techniques, such as alphabetic languages, using a schematic vocabulary to…

Yuan Fang, Yirui Jia, Liu Yin, Homer Shew Group Show

Kiang Malingue (Wan Chai) 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai

WHAT New paintings and works on paper by four artists - Yuan Fang, Yirui Jia, Liu Yin, and Homer Shew - are presented in this group exhibition. Yuan Fang showcases multi-layered paintings that abstractly depict curling whirlwinds of colour as well as charcoal drawings; Yirui Jia presents caricatures depicting an anti-heroine killer character; Liu Yin’s…

Semper Femina

Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

WHAT The gallery exhibition is a group presentation of four female artists - Huang Dan, Nina Pryde, Peng Wei, and Zhang Yanzi - who capture what it means to be a woman. All four artists have long been represented by the gallery, but this is the first time they have come together in a show…

Moon Lands on Man

JPS Gallery G/F, 88-90 Staunton Street, Central

WHAT The American contemporary artist (b.1962) is known for his unique style of blending classic pop art with contemporary themes, such as the current space-themed exhibition, where the artworks appear to be constructed out of cardboard. The tongue-in-cheek presentation incorporates satirical and ironic commentary on American culture, consumerism, and politics, and is not only thought-provoking,…

Trendi Club

Bonhams  11/F Six Pacific Place, 50 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai

WHAT Presented at the auction house’s Hong Kong gallery space is the latest duo-exhibition by the two artist-friends. The collection of new paintings is a result of their seeing each other’s works as well as having witnessed the development of trends during Hong Kong’s golden age. The artists had constantly discussed how to include pop…

Mind Palette and Empty Land

Touch Gallery   201 & 202 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

WHAT The local Hong Kong artist’s solo show is a presentation of landscape paintings - some natural-looking and others seemingly from a dreamland. The exhibition consists of three themes: ‘different’, ‘colour’, and ‘fair’ - all coalescing to symbolise a marketplace consisting of a myriad of colours. WHY The artist draws inspiration from the changes and…

Passing by

Sin Sin Fine Art Unit A, 4/F, Kin Teck Industrial Building, 26 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen

WHAT The Hong Kong artist and photographer’s exhibition is a presentation of ink and ceramic pieces depicting sea animals. It is meant to call to mind the simpler lives of those who live as one with the sea. Searching for the type of freedom that comes from being in the present moment - such as…

Chewing Gum VI

Pace Gallery   12/F H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road, Central

WHAT This sixth edition in the exhibition series, which premiered in 2015, presents dialogues in paintings, sculptures, and photographs completed between the early 2000s and today. The series itself is meant to showcase the vast international talent of the gallery and explores the way that globalisation can dissolve cultural differences and introduce new interpretations of…

Master Chui’s Kitchen

Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

WHAT The respected Hong Kong-based artist (b. 1980) received training in Chinese calligraphy and ink painting from an early age, later establishing a reputation as a contemporary artist known for using mixed media. He continues to create thought-provoking art that challenges traditional ideas, and encourages dialogue about contemporary issues. The current exhibition is testament to…

signals…here and there

Para Site 22/F Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King's Road, North Point & Quarry Bay

WHAT The exhibition is the third and final chapter in the gallery’s exhibition series, ‘signals…瞬息’. It is the culmination of the three part series that unfolded over six months and featured 25 artists and collectives in a dialogue with an experimental display structure. This final chapter explores both historical and contemporary migratory movements in the…

Action!

Whitestone Gallery 7-8/F H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Central

WHAT The duo exhibition showcases the works of two renowned Japanese post-war artists, who were members of the avant-garde Gutai Art Association - the first radical postwar artistic movement in Japan. The works on view create a new art-historical dialogue with fresh approaches to matter and individuation, highlighting the Gutai spirit and legacy by tracing…

Liu Guofu: Requiem

Sothebys Hong Kong 5/F One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty

WHAT The selling collection of 26 works (some never seen before) were created over a period during the renowned abstract artist’s larger creative journey. They are concrete manifestations of the artist's understanding of art or his understanding of the value of art. Alongside his signature series of paintings, the exhibition also unveils new works exclusively…

Between Emptiness and Form: Exploring Emotion and Essence

Axel Vervoordt Gallery 21/F Coda Designer Centre, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen

WHAT The three exhibiting artists are from different countries and generations. Italian Marco Tirelli plays with light and shadow due to his training as a set designer. His paintings are open to the audience’s interpretation and invite mental participation. Belgian Renato Nicolodi presents sculpture and painting works that offer platforms for the viewer’s contemplation, as…

Erasing News: Backwards and Forwards

Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

WHAT Using newspaper ink on erasers as her medium, the artworks of the Hong Kong-based artist’s second solo show with the gallery evolve into markers of time and reminders of the past. She recreates feelings she felt in her adolescence, such as sensations of distress that lead her to seek refuge on a park bench…

Recent Paintings

MASSIMODECARLO 203-205A Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

WHAT The Italian artist (b. 1970) presents his latest creations from 2023 for his debut solo show in Asia. The artist weaves together intricate symbols and draws inspiration from literature, cinema, philosophy, and humanity’s collective imagination. As a result, his works are a complex dialogue containing personal iconography. The exhibition reveals the artist’s poetic practice…