Gordon Cheung
Community Museum Project
Anthony Key
Kwong Lee
Leung Mee-ping
Yuen Fong Ling
Pak Sheung-chuen
Stella So
Tam Wai-ping
Mayling To
Sally Lai
Yuen Fong Ling
Howard Chan
Siu King-chung
16/1/2007
Arrivals and Departures
Urbis, Manchester
Chinese Artists from Hong Kong and UK. Exploring the collision of cultures and its affects on a rapidly changing city which is a continual influx and migration of population, the exhibition looks at the many layerswhich create contemporary Hong Kong from tourist imagery, urban myths, city scapes and family histories.
Chinese Artists from Hong Kong and UK
Curated by Sally Lai, Yuen Fong Ling, Howard Chan and Siu King-chung
Arrivals and Departures is the first major exhibition on Hong Kong to take
place in the UK, and marks the ten year anniversary of the city's handover
from Britain to China.
The exhibition looks at one of the world's most diverse and exciting cities
through 10 fascinating new commissions created by 5 British Chinese artists
and 5 Hong Kong based artists, each presenting different perspectives of the
city as a place both near and far, real and imagined. Exploring the collision
of cultures and its affects on a rapidly changing city which is a continual
influx and migration of population, the exhibition looks at the many layers
which create contemporary Hong Kong from tourist imagery, urban myths, city
scapes and family histories.
Private View: Wed 17 Jan 6-9pm
Urbis
Cathedral Gardens - Manchester
Hours: Sun -Wed: 10am-6pm; Thurs- Sat: 10am-8pm