Last week we attended the opening of the Cobra Exhibition at Kee Club, Central. The stylish event displayed Daniels’ signature bold coloured artworks against the opulent black interior of the club. Guests were treated to cocktails and canapés as well as an intriguing performance from the models come dancers, styled to look like the artist’s muses. Fox Daniels is a Belgian-Moroccan artist, after working across the globe she relocated to Asia and began to explore her painting further. She uses art as an expression of herself and as a tool to communicate how she perceives the world around her. Daniels’ work is strongly influenced by postmodernism and the COBRA movement, marked by its disregard for rules and exaggeration in the way the subject is perceived. Daniels’ current exhibition includes major art pieces from the ‘Birds of Paradise’ series, inspired by the all-powerful women of the 21st century. With a strong focus on female elitism in Hong Kong, the paintings shine an intuitive light on some playful characters. The Cobra exhibition is on show at the Damina Gallery from 1February to 7 March. Damina Gallery, Suite 1406 Oceanic Centre, 2 Lee Lok Street, Hong Kong By Claire Johnson
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An exhibition of new works by Portuguese artist João Penalva is being launched at the Simon Lee Gallery on 22nd January. From large scale installations to intimate, obscure artworks, Penalva is famous for his diverse pieces using a variety of mediums including photography, film, sculpture, projection and painting. For his first solo exhibition at the gallery he is presenting a selection of works from, ‘Looking up in Osaka’, a photographic series taken in Japan from 2005-2006. The series focuses on utility poles and cables, showing drawing like images across changing backdrops. RAW will be attending the opening to review the exhibition and give you our highlights of the collection. João Penalva Exhibition runs from 23January – 23 March at Simon Lee Gallery, 304, 3/F, The Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Hong Kong By Claire Johnson
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Catch the first Collector Speaker Series by HK Art Gallery Association (www.hk-aga.org). Speaker Dr Lars Nittve (M+ Executive Director) will discuss about The Art Ecology: Galleries, Institutions and the Rest of the Nuclear Family. Limited seats so get your tix now!
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Founders of Latitude22N Julie Progin and Jesse McLin have a very unique approach to their porcelain making process and aesthetics. Each pieces are made unique and unrepeatable, which are made from ‘fragments’ out of broken molds. Each piece has a combination of unglazed white porcelain and glazed colored fragments, no two vases look the same and the color combination changes as well. Julie mentioned that the process took about 7 months to complete at their China production studio once they come up with the concept for the exhibition. It’s really very enjoyable to look at each piece and see what color and where the ‘imperfections’ are. Ilivetomorrow gallery also have a concept store right next door called Signed-By offering avant-garde design and fashion which includes the porcelain ware from Latitude22N. This art exhibition goes till January 31st 2013. 43 Tung Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Check it out! www.ilivetomorrow.com, www.latittude22n.com
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I love leading photo tours around town in Hong Kong. I always find something new and different to photo take at each location we go to. This time we did an old and new Sheung Wan street tour starting at Man Mo Temple, to the antique market, the garden at the end of Hollywood road, streets with dried seafood, and ending at the Western market. It’s always interesting to see the range of subjects you can find during such a short walk: temple details, street art, antique items, different types of pedestrians, cafes, old tea houses, old dried goods, flowers, fabrics etc. etc. The subjects are endless, the challenge is trying not to capture everything but focus on a few details or subject matter.
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RAW was very excited to welcome back Jeanne Hartman to hold her writer’s workshop series at RAW studio in early December. The very talented and extremely nice Jeanne is a Hollywood acting coach and have been teaching acting, writing, and public communications workshops in Hong Kong for the past 5 years. The HK workshop series are produced by actor Jason Tobin. I’ve participated and sat in many of the workshops and have always been amazed by the amount of new material and freshness that Jeanne brings to the table. She is also very good at adapting her advices to specific style of the participants. I witnessed many of the actors/writers really honed in on their skills and great works have been produced from these workshops. The grand finale class combines the participants from the writers and actors workshops and really bring together all the talents in the final performance. More details at: www.actingisbelieving.com
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Lots of new and interesting places are opening up in Chai Wan. I recently went to L’Appuntamento, a collaborative project by Founder and Creative Director of Casa Capriz, Irene Capriz, Director of Platform China HK, Claudia Albertini, and Founder of Tangram, Paola Sinisterra. It was inspiring to walk around the showroom and admire the one-of-the kind vintage pieces found and collected by Irene. The history and story behind these pieces are most fascinating, especially the turn of the century pieces like the double dressers and LV luggages with the original owner’s initials and travel stamps. The furnitures are also available for photography or film production rental where Irene explains that she wants to add value and story to each of the pieces. It’s not just about buying and selling them but having a great journey and story with the pieces. The space works very well with the special exhibition put together by Claudia from Platform China which has a very different feel from the collection at Platform China’s main showroom. And the conversation got very lively and colorful with previews from Tangram’s latest clothing and accessories collection. The fashion, art, and vintage furniture all came together as they showed us […]
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It’s always great to see a new art gallery open up in Hong Kong. Artify Gallery, a Chai Wan based contemporary art gallery, launched on December 6th specializing in contemporary art of print and paper works. The gallery partners with emerging artists and provides a platform to showcase their work and to bring the audiences to the Chai Wan area. The first exhibition is a partnership with Malaysian photographer Eiffel Chong. This is Eiffel’s first exhibition in Hong Kong tit led ‘This Use To Be My Playground’. The exhibition includes Eiffel’s photography shot in Malaysia and Hong Kong and both shot at abandon warehouses or apartments. I really liked how Eiffel was able to convey a sense of abandonment & emptiness along with a hint of peacefulness & beauty in his art work. Check it out at www.artifygallery.com, Unit 7, 10/F, Block A, Ming Pao Industrial Centre, 18 Ka Yip Street, Chai Wan District.
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