African Studies

Flowers Gallery   49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

WHAT The renowned Canadian landscape photographer’s work produced across the African continent from 2015 to 2019 is presented in Hong Kong for the first time. Photographed predominantly from aerial viewpoints, Burtynsky’s works often have a flattened frontal aspect, transforming the image into graduating colour fields or vigorous grid-like compositions, reminiscent of Modernist abstraction. Presented at…

Lacrimae Rerum

Flowers Gallery   49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

WHAT This exhibition marks the Scottish artist’s first solo show in Asia, and it depicts a number of apocalyptic paintings. The name of the exhibition comes from the Latin phrase from Book 1 of Virgil’s 'Aeneid', and this translates to 'the tears of things', referring to themes of crisis, violence, technology and more on the…

To the Naiad’s House

Flowers Gallery   49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

WHAT The title of the exhibition is not only a place featured in the mid-18th century Chinese novel 'Dream of the Red Chamber' by Cao Xueqin, but also the name of a room in the restaurant and entertainment venue owned by the mother of Chinese artist, Wu Jiaru, who spent most of her childhood there.…

Silberbluen

Flowers Gallery   49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

WHAT The artist’s first exhibition in Hong Kong is characterised by the blurred lines between landscapes and memories. He explores both photography and painting to understand their difference between what exists and what we remember about the existence. The artist takes inspiration from history and explores new photographic techniques using historical materials, such as silver-coated…