This May, the “Art Month” will be a busy time for art enthusiasts to enjoy a series of exhibitions. The Pacific Place on Hong Kong Island will also transform into a unique art space this weekend, presented by the Zung Fu Group, The Hong Kong Arts Collective (HKARTS), and Affordable Art Fair, showcasing the art exhibition “Driven” from a fresh perspective to reveal the unique charm of Hong Kong!
This exhibition brings together works by 17 artists including Peter Ross, Marc Allante, Kyra Campbell, Rainbow Tse, Ernest Chang, Andreas von Buddenbrock, Harold De Puymorin, Francesco Lietti, allowing art lovers to enjoy different styles of artwork at once. The exhibition, titled “Driven,” aims to encourage artists to adjust their pace and focus on creating even during the pandemic. Inspired by the “Chai Wan Mei” art festival, HKARTS has selected the Ping Shek Estate on Hong Kong Island as the exhibition venue, raising awareness of this artistic community.
Marc Allante, a mixed-race artist of Chinese and French descent, has loved drawing and visual arts since childhood. Having lived in Hong Kong, Sydney, and London, he has been deeply influenced and inspired by both Chinese and Western cultures. Skilled in combining Chinese ink techniques with European contemporary painting styles, he creates unique works blending various techniques and themes. As a supporter of environmental conservation, Marc’s works mainly focus on wildlife, aiming to showcase the beauty of nature and convey a message of protecting the Earth’s environment.
Watercolor artist Rainbow Tse excels in painting Hong Kong’s urban street scenes and night views with watercolors, expressing emotions and atmosphere through the use of light, shadow, and color, allowing viewers to feel and imagine their own stories.
Artist Ernest Chang gazes at the city from a unique perspective, combining digital platforms and futuristic elements to create works with strong color contrasts and lines, exploring the social pressures born from modern life and consumerism.
As for Italian painter Francesco Lietti, who has been living in Hong Kong since 2006, he is deeply attracted by the city’s vibrancy, colors, and images, and expresses his rich travels and love for the city through his paintings. Francesco uses vivid colors to capture the skyline of the harbor, representing buildings with large blocks of paint, while adding fleeting atmosphere to the scene with small textured color blocks. In addition, he uses acrylic and oil on the paper to enhance the texture and sense of distance in the painting. After completing the painting part, he uses thick, transparent resin glue to enhance the brightness of the colors.
The exhibition period is only 3 days, so all art lovers remember to seize the opportunity to enjoy this weekend!
Date: May 28th to 30th
Time: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: 60 Ka Yip Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island Brand Center
