Art in Hong Kong

What tools do graffiti writers use? Martha Cooper & others show you

Graffiti, Street Art / 5 minutes of reading

HKwalls’ Tools of the Trade was the first thematic public exhibition held in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, between 8th May and 6th June this year (2021). It tried to give the public an insider’s peek at the very secretive circles of modern graffiti and street art. A wide array of tools commonly used for creating …

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Who was Tsang Tsou Choi, the King of Kowloon?

Graffiti, Paintings / 7 minutes of reading

Tsang Tsou Choi was born on November 12, 1921, in Gaoyao, Guangdong, Republic of China, and died in Hong Kong on 15, July 2007. When he was 16 years old, Choi traveled to Hong Kong. He worked manual jobs there, which was the only kind he was qualified to do as he was barely literate. …

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Carsten Nicolai’s light patterns dominates Hong Kong’s skyline

Installations, Light Installations, Sound / 3 minutes of reading

Carsten Nicolai has created an impressive audio-visual work in his sterling career as a contemporary artist. His α (alpha) pulse creation stands out from the others for its uniqueness. Through it, he endeavors to illuminate the Hong Kong skyline. The latest creation adds to the impressive list of mindboggling stuff that Nicolai has always churned …

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Francesco Jodice’s What We Want – How do we live?

Documentary photography, Photography / 2 minutes of reading

Ever been to a place and felt that it is not quite satisfactory in terms of how it looks? Well, Francesco Jodice is recreating spaces into what they should be if we had control of them. For a long time, people’s lives were influenced by the buildings that existed, but the trend is taking a …

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Kacey Wong’s Paddling Home – A tiny house in Hong Kong

Architecture, Installations, Performances / 3 minutes of reading

Kacey Wong has a knack for creating art that investigates the space between people and their surrounding environment. Paddling Home, which was performed on the Hong Kong Victoria Harbor, was a star feature in the Hong Kong contemporary art scene. The project features deep architectural elements, which clearly appear in the design. The project also …

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Andreas Gursky’s Stock Exchanges – Humans reduced to a blob of color

Architecture, Photography / 2 minutes of reading

Andreas Gursky is a German photographer and professor. He is most well known for large format architecture and landscape color photos, and following the 1990s, Gursky has been using technology and computers to edit and enhance his photos. Gursky is known for using an elevated vantage point as his main perspective. This allows the audience …

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Cao Fei shows iconic video games on 490m tall Hong Kong building

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Same Old, Brand New is the labor of love of Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei. It was a massive video installation that featured a multitude of different symbols, moving pictures and images, and logos from well-liked video games such as Pac-Man and Tetris. At the time of the show, the images and symbols displayed had …

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Tracey Emin’s Neon Signs – The Obscenity & Heartache

Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading

Neon lights are commonly used to make attractive business signs and are mostly preferred for outdoor use, especially at night. The colorful array of neon light options makes it a creative marketing tool since lights illuminate an underlying text message or image. There is no limit to what medium an artist can use to express …

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Fan Ho’s street photography: How Hong Kong looked like 60 years ago

Documentary photography, Photography, Street photography / 11 minutes of reading

Born in Shanghai in 1931 but moved to Hong Kong early in his life, Fan Ho was a renowned actor, film director, and photographer who has won numerous awards (280 awards, empirically speaking) for his work since 1956. In his teens, he began to photograph the drama of city life, ranging from the teeming markets …

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FriendsWithYou: Are these gigantic blow-up sculptures art?

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Highly interactive visual art has forged its way into the hearts and minds of the public. This new caliber of art is quirky, but it manages to so effortlessly fuse art, technology, and fashion in a trendy way that has us all captured. One such collective is run by Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, …

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Yue Minjun & The infectious power of laughter

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Yue Minjun was born in Daqing in Heilongjiang, China in 1962. Yue moved from place to place for most of his life because his family had to move from oilfield to oilfield to find work. Before working as an electrician, he graduated from Hebei Normal University in 1989, where he studied oil painting. 1989 was …

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Ai Weiwei gives world his middle finger

Performances, Photography / 3 minutes of reading

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist and activist. He has been vocal and openly critical of the Chinese government’s stance on democracy and human rights. His work has captured global attention and served to bring attention to social injustices, human rights violations and systemic violence. Ai never shies away from saying what he truly feels …

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Richard Wilson & The Italian Job – Is this bus falling off a roof?

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

The sculptural installation by Richard Wilson titled Hang On A Minute Lads, I’ve Got a Great Idea showcases a full-sized replica of a old-fashioned twin-axel Harrington Legionnaire coach that looks as if it is teetering precariously on the edge threatening to fall off The Peninsula’s seventh-floor. The sculpture was inspired by classic 1969 British heist …

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Giant balloons occupy Hong Kong’s West Kowloon – Massive inflatable sculptures

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Inflation! is the name of a project that shows six large-scale inflatable sculptures in the Park at West Kowloon Cultural District. The large-scale in...

Kacey Wong & his provocative pink tank at Hong Kong’s 1 July marches

Performances, Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading

The Hong Kong 1 July protests are a surprising sight on the often chaotic stress. This day marks the transfer of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China (PRC) and is a public holiday it was originally thought to be a day of celebration. However, now it is mostly known for hundreds of thousands …

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Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings – Trivial or inspiring? You decide

Paintings / 12 minutes of reading

4 min 37 sec Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings Damien Hirst is one of the most successful and controversial artists and has been dominating the British art scene since the 1990s. Though he became famous through a series of artworks centered on the death motif, the Spot Oaintings have become his …

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