Karin Weber Gallery
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A Slice of Time
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT This is the Hong Kong artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, which explores the subjective experience of time and its relationship to personal perception and life events. The small selection of 11 light-coloured pastel watercolour works depict fleeting moments and latent memories, capturing the everlasting and ephemeral nature of daily life. WHY This…
Whispering Canopies
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT The exhibition is inspired by the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens and the Hong Kong artist's exposure to Dutch and Japanese colonial histories during a residency in Taiwan. A thoughtful exploration featuring urban landscapes, memorial gardens, and local flora, the presentation showcases a new series titled ‘Tree Portraits’, reflecting the artist's fascination with…
Master Chui’s Kitchen
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT 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…
tri-angles
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT In geometry, a three-faced polyhedron cannot exist in a three-dimensional space unless it is a curved surface. Therefore, a three-faced polyhedron should not exist. However, human perspectives and opinions are erratic and may be distorted. Considering issues from three different angles can create a three-dimensional thinking space. The exhibition examines the world through the…
A Book Act 1 & 2
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT This exhibition features twenty mostly local artists in the largest group show of the gallery’s history. Split into two parts, the exhibition presents a variety of works. In Act 1, the artists present mechanical installations, prints, and paintings, and Act 2 focuses more on sound installations, augmented reality and three dimensional objects. The theme…
Embroidering the Everyday
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT Born in Chile and trained as a designer, Castillo follows in her mother and grandmother’s footsteps by becoming a skilled seamstress. Through her use of textiles, she is able to create 'mindmaps’, which process her observations of daily and political life in Chile alongside her personal experiences, with an added layer of mythology and…
Click…Clatter…Clunk…
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT A group exhibition celebrating the history of printing traditions of 1960’s and 1970s Hong Kong, the show features the works of seven artists. Largely replaced by digital print processes from the 1990’s onwards, old-fashioned letter press and offset printing shops now provide a rich source of nostalgia and inspiration for Hong Kong rooted artists,…
Now Showing 2.0
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT The exhibition follows the success of ‘Now Showing’ (2020), which was centred on the world of film. In his signature style, Chow Chun Fai explores themes in Johnny To’s films, presenting film strip oil paintings for the first time as well as ceramic pieces. Chui Pui Chee is inspired by Stephen Chow’s movies, and…
Day Or Night
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT WE KNOW Born in 1972, Hong Kong-based artist, Tsang Chui Mei, employs traditional Chinese painting principles with Western expressionist techniques to arrive at her distinct semi-abstract style of using colour patches and lines. The title references her exploration of time and space, and specifically points to an ancient Chinese expression rooted in Confucian philosophy,…
Flowers In the Window
Karin Weber Gallery G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, CentralWHAT WE KNOW Carmen Ng is a Hong Kong contemporary water-colourist and ink painter who applies watercolour and ink, line and form as practice. Upon graduating from Hong Kong Baptist University, she started off her career as an office worker before deciding to pursue art. With a particular sensitivity to her surroundings, her works render…
