Hong Kong Art Prize announced the winners and people’s prize on May 16th 2013. The Hong Kong Art prize has been developed to cultivate and recognize the depth of talent in Hong Kong. It is presented by Asia Contemporary Art Show, organized in conjunction with the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, venue sponsor Wheelock Properties and prize sponsor Art-Lease. With the fast growing interest in art and art investments in the Asia region, it is important to see a wider platform to encourage and promote locally based talents. Winners were chosen from 20 finalists out of over 150 applicants by a panel of esteemed judges. It was great to see a very wide variety of medium of art work submitted. This year’s winner is Jims Chi Hang Lam with his ink and acrylic on wood piece Beacon Sheung Wan Hours. The popular vote by the audience goes to Peter Ross’ Where is Your Heart? It depicts the traditional style chinese tong lau in the older and busy parts of Hong Kong and uses ink pen, tea, and soy. The works of up to 30 finalists will be on exhibition and available for purchase until Sunday 2nd June 2013 at the […]
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If you still haven’t seen this, there’s still time to catch the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, running until 31 March. The exhibition marks the 25th anniversary of Warhol’s death and is part of an Asia wide tour, heading next to Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo. The exhibition charts the artist’s evolving works from the 1950’s through to the 1980’s. There’s an extensive range of both well-known and rarely seen pieces, from the iconic pop art images of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell’s Soup to the more unusual photo-booth series and Time Capsule exhibit. Film production was another significant aspect of Warhol’s career, with screenings of his avant-garde films also being shown at the exhibition and lecture hall. The Andy Warhol, 15 Minutes Eternal Exhibition is open from 16 December 2012 until 31 March 2013 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. By Claire Johnson
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This week sees the opening of the ‘My Space’ exhibition, featuring two local artists, Wong Kai Kin and David Smith. Both artists work on a relatively small scale and show an interesting contrast in their artworks. Wong uses the compact canvas to focus on tightly constructed views of apartments, whereas Smith depicts expansive subjects with intimacy. The exhibition opens on Thursday 7th February at Amelia Johnson Contemporary. RAW will be at the opening to speak to the artists and bring you our favourite pieces from the collections. The ‘My Space’ exhibition runs from the 7 February to 1 March at the Amelia Johnson Contemporary. Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F, 6-10 Shin Hing Street, Central, Hong Kong By Claire Johnson
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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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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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