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The Humanist
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT Known for his multi-disciplinary approach, the esteemed Spanish artist's (b.1945) philosophy is deeply ingrained in humanism, underscoring the potential and values intrinsic to humanity. His paintings are filled with abstract shapes, bold lines, and vivid hues - a visual orchestra of movement and fluidity, which reflect the complexities and layers of human emotions and…
HEAVENS
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT A Finnish artist renowned for his ability to transform the industrial and technological into objects of beauty, his latest exhibition features captivating works from his ‘Heaven’ series. Inspired by the Swedish concept of ‘himmel’ and its Finnish equivalent ‘taivas’, Markkula's series delves into the dual nature of the physical and spiritual realms. The wall-mounted…
Erasing News: Backwards and Forwards
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT 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…
Semper Femina
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT 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…
Ex Materia – The Primacy of Being
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT The Berlin-based multi-disciplinary artist marks his debut with a dedicated solo show at the gallery's Tai Kwun space, presenting new works from his existing series, ‘Ex Materia and Ex Materia (Transfiguration)’. Inspired by proto-theology as well as primitive mythology, this series forms a dynamic visual chronicle that illustrates topographical motifs, drawing upon the idea…
The Resounding Chasm
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT The acclaimed Beijing-based artist presents his seven newest works that were all created prior to or during the pandemic, all while he spent time in Beijing. The inspiration for these works came from Xu’s desire to escape the seclusion of his home in a time when that was all anyone really had. He found…
Enter the Forest at the Darkest Point
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT The title of the UK-born, US-based artist's latest exhibition is drawn from a quote by US mythologist and writer, Joseph Campbell, who urges us to 'enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path'. In so doing, we find what American poet, Robert Frost, termed the road 'less travelled we learn…
Squaring the Circle
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT Peng Jian rose to prominence through his geometric ink-on-paper interpretations of the Chinese architectural teachings of jiehua. In this newest exhibition by the Hangzhou-based artist, works from 'Harmony', 'Still Life', 'Phantom in the Bottle', and 'Growing' series are presented. Each of the series is made up of images in a variety of twists and…
Erasing Time
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT Having studied both in Hong Kong and London, multi-disciplinary Hong Kong artist, Sophie Cheung Hing Yee, is also known as a writer, poet, and disability rights activist. Her unique understanding of the world and of human rights issues leaks into her artistic works. At her first solo show, each of her works has the…
When You Rise
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT Presenting her new ‘Gold’ series for the first time in a gallery exhibition, the Beijing-based artist’s new body of works is created using gold leaf on canvas, while still remaining focussed on the same themes and motifs: animals and nature. It signals a new approach for the artist, who had previously primarily used ink…
Thesis/Antithesis
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT Part of a thrilling two-part exhibition, the exhibition showcases two leading and widely-admired Chinese artists, Chen Yingjie and Huang Yulong. Chen has long been influenced by Chinese traditional culture, materialising the concepts of essence, qi and spirit, which audiences can appreciate through his animal paintings that convey the vigour of life and the force…
Living with Botero
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT 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…
Semi-conscious
Ora-Ora 105-107 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, CentralWHAT WE KNOW Inspired by the famous Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung, HK-based British contemporary artist Stephen Thorpe presents his interpretations of the dualities of the human mind. Finding inspiration from psychoanalysis, sociology, folklore, and mythology, Thorpe’s paintings bring the viewer into a territory between reality and dream – an abstract dimension. WHY WE…
