Art HK 09
dal 12/5/2009 al 16/5/2009
Segnalato da
12/5/2009
Art HK 09
Convention and Exhibition Centre HKCEC, Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Art Fair. It presents an unparalleled opportunity to see some of the freshest work being produced around the world today, alongside modern masters from the 20th century. The fair bring together over 110 of the world's most celebrated international galleries from 24 countries. This year there is a new section dedicated to solo and two-artist presentations from young galleries focusing on emerging artists, and a special exhibitions explores the boundaries of the imagination within a confined space.
ART HK 08, the largest ever international art fair to take place in Hong Kong, welcomed over 19,000 visitors to see the 101 leading international galleries that exhibited at the landmark Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 14 - 18 May 2008.
ART HK 09 Hong Kong International Art Fair will return to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre with Vernissage opening on 13 May.
Following the success of the inaugural event last year, ART HK has emerged as the leading art fair in Asia. ART HK presents an unparalleled opportunity to see some of the freshest and most exciting work being produced around the world today, alongside modern masters from the 20th century.
ART HK 09 will once again bring together over 110 of the world's most celebrated international galleries from 24 countries, building on Hong Kong's long established reputation as the gateway between East and West. This year SCMP | ART FUTURES will be a new section dedicated to solo and two-artist presentations from young galleries focusing on emerging artists.
In addition, visitors can attend daily talks by artists and collectors organised by the Asia Art Archive. For those new to looking at art, introductory guided tours can be arranged.
Whether you are a seasoned collector, thinking of buying for the first time, or just keen to be part of one of the most significant cultural events in the international art calendar, we look forward to welcoming you at ART HK 09.
Open to all, ART HK is an annual art fair that welcomes established art collectors, new buyers looking to own their first piece and those just wanting to immerse themselves in the best of the world's 20th and 21st century art.
Throughout ART HK 08 there will be a number of special exhibitions and events.
Mirage: Hong Kong Artists Exhibition
Curator: Sabrina M. Y. Fung
Artists to feature include: Homan M.C. Ho, Catherine Y. M. Lee, Caroline Mak, Meta4 Design Forum Ltd., Wong Chung Yu and Esther L.M. Yip.
MIRAGE, an oasis of illusions at the heart of the ART HK 08, explores the boundaries of the imagination within a confined space. This exhibition of contemporary Hong Kong artists is a journey into an unreal visual playground of concepts and forms that are not what they appear at first glance. The elusive optical perceptions of the exhibited works are further exaggerated by the site-specific, landscape structure specially created by Meta4. The landscape contoured structure, which hosts the exhibited artworks, resembles an "organic" island, complete with trees, lotus flowers, and other seemingly natural forms.
Each participating artist in MIRAGE presents a unique vision with its own inherent illusions, revealing varying degrees of isolation within urban contemporary life. Esther Lai's fascination with a self-contained universe of beings is evident in her fantastical Happy Tree, which is comprised of over 4,000 handmade objects. The reflective passage of Lotus by Catherine Lee presents a special moment of peace and tranquility. The organic landscape cells spread through the site-specific Cellular Spaces by Caroline Mak reinvent natural formations that are at once both familiar and alien, strong yet fragile. Wong Chung Yu explores the relationship between love, desire and money in his imaginative, computerized depiction of Sodom, the ancient biblical city. Homan Ho's interest in kinetic architectural work takes form in his large, ramp-like structure with moving objects (shoes) above the exhibition space.
Contemporary life, real and virtual, is a prevailing theme for this new generation of Hong Kong artists exhibited in MIRAGE, providing a glimpse into our disorientating world as the artists see it.
Sabrina Fung has actively participated in cross-cultural, multi-media activities since 1980. She and her company, sabrina fung fine arts, consult and place artworks for major public and commercial environments in Asia, Europe and North America.
Ms. Fung has also curated and organized a wide variety ofculturalevents to promote public art, including in 2005, she was invited by the Hong Kong Arts Development to curate the Hong Kong Pavilion for the51st Venice Biennale in Italy.
Asia Art Archive is pleased to present 'Hong Kong Conversations', a series of talks by a group of renowned collectors, artists and art experts within the Fair from 15-18 May.
Thursday 15th May 4-5
Hong Kong - Beijing Return: A conversation between artists Chow Chun-fai and Lam Tung-pang
Thursday 15th May 6-7pm
Informed Taste: A conversation between collector Monique Burger and curator Tobias Berger
Friday 16th May 6-7pm
Cultural Investment: A conversation between Henry Tang, The Hon. Mr Ronald Acrulli and Sir David Tang
Sunday 18th May 3-4pm
Space Exploration: A conversation between Elaine Ng and Zhang Wei
Satellite Event: Conference 17 May
Shifting Sites: Cultural Desire and the Museum
Saturday 17 May 2008, 10am - 5.30pm, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Presented by Asia Art Archive and Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Supported by - Home Affairs Bureau, Government of HKSAR and in association with ART HK 08.
Major resources are being allocated by governments to building cultural facilities – think Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. Today, art and cultural facilities are seen as necessary components of a world-class city; a desire reiterated throughout cities in Asia. Can the one-stop cultural district really emulate the vibrancy of art scenes in cities like London and NY? And the idea of a museum – this is a recent construct in Asia – so what should today
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Vernissage opening on 13 May 2009
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