Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong
dal 6/3/2015 al 1/5/2015
Segnalato da
6/3/2015
Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong
Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
'Museum of the Lost' features the collaborative works of Hong Kong artists. In its interplay between reality and fiction they re-enact anonymous figures in old newspapers, pamphlets and other archival materials.
Blindspot
Gallery
is
delighted
to
present
“Museum
of
the
Lost”,
a
solo
exhibition
of
the
collaborative
works
of
Hong
Kong
artists
Leung
Chi
Wo
and
Sara
Wong.
The
exhibition
spotlights
the
photography
series
He
was
lost
yesterday
and
we
found
him
today
(2010-‐14),
showcased
in
its
entirety
for
the
first
time,
alongside
selected
materials
from
Museum
of
the
Lost,
an
on-‐going
collection
of
archival
materials
with
captions
penned
by
the
artists.
An
imaginative
investigation
through
staged
photography,
He
was
lost
yesterday
and
we
found
him
today
is
a
series
of
28
self
portraits
in
which
Leung
and
Wong
re-‐enact
anonymous
figures
picked
out
from
images
in
the
old
magazines,
newspapers,
pamphlets,
souvenir
books
and
other
documents
that
they
have
been
collecting
over
the
years
for
Museum
of
the
Lost.
In
the
process
of
interpreting
images
and
researching
their
contexts,
the
artists
invent
the
attitude
and
identity
of
each
character
they
embody,
resurrecting
these
lost
figures
from
the
grand
narrative
of
history.
Standing
against
a
pure
coloured
void
in
the
backdrop,
the
subjects
remain
unidentifiable
in
the
near
life-‐sized
portraits,
which
heightens
the
sense
of
loss
from
which
they
are
ostensibly
restored.
In
reinventing
the
past
through
imagery
and
highlighting
its
inherent
impossibility,
the
series
addresses
the
fundamental
questions
about
photography
as
a
means
of
reproducing,
reiterating
and
appropriating
reality.
For
their
parallel
project-‐in-‐progress
that
inspired
the
photographic
re-‐enactment,
Museum
of
the
Lost,
Leung
and
Wong
write
anecdotes
that
speculate
on
the
real-‐life
identities
and
stories
of
the
anonymous
figures
that
feature
in
their
collection
of
archival
materials.
As
the
fictive
descriptions
are
based
on
research
into
historical
events,
the
found
objects
and
their
captions
constitute
another
dimension
of
the
reinvented
past
in
the
staged
photography
series.
A
two-‐volume
art
book
will
be
published
by
Blindspot
Gallery,
which
features
the
portraits
from
He
was
lost
yesterday
and
we
found
him
today
in
Book
A,
and
the
collection
of
60
images
with
captions
written
by
the
artists
from
Museum
of
the
Lost
in
Book
B.
The
books
will
be
launched
at
the
opening
reception.
Leung
Chi
Wo
+
Sara
Wong's
collaboration
began
in
1992.
Their
previous
work
City
Cookie
has
been
exhibited
in
Shanghai
Biennale,
Venice
Biennale,
as
well
as
Queens
Museum
in
the
USA
and
Museum
of
Image
and
Sound
in
Brazil.
Their
works
have
been
collected
by
the
Hong
Kong
Heritage
Museum
and
Kadist
Art
Foundation
in
France.
Image: Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong, Nun With Hands Behind Her Back, 2014, Archival inkjet print, 150 x 100 cm, Edition of 5 + 2APs
Press Contact:
Lesley Kwok, info@blindspotgallery.com
Opening: 7.3.2015, Saturday, 3 - 6pm
Blindspot Gallery
Address: 15/F, Po
Chai Industrial Building, 28
Wong Chuk Hang Road
Hong Kong
Opening hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am – 6pm
(Sunday and Monday by appointment only)
closed on public holidays