One-third of 2022 has passed without us realizing it. Although everyone has been staying at home due to the pandemic, with social distancing measures about to be relaxed and the four-day Easter holiday coming in April, why not bookmark the following exciting exhibitions and take a gallery tour during the holiday!
“Nian Hua Yi Xiao” Yue Minjun Solo Exhibition
After a 10-year hiatus, Yue Minjun returns with his latest “Flower” series and “Smiling Faces” in a big way.
Tang Contemporary Art Center presents a solo exhibition of the renowned Chinese artist Yue Minjun titled “Laughing with a Flower” at their Hong Kong space. The exhibition not only showcases Yue Minjun’s classic “laughing face” series but also unveils a brand new “flower” series created since the outbreak of the pandemic. This exhibition marks Yue Minjun’s first gallery solo show in nearly a decade, as well as his first collaboration with Tang Contemporary Art Center.
Yue Minjun is one of the most renowned contemporary artists in China. The “smiling face” series undoubtedly propelled Yue Minjun to the pinnacle of contemporary Chinese art, with his exaggerated iconic big smile “self-image” becoming a generation’s art idol and gaining international fame. In 2020, Yue Minjun lived in the spring city of Yunnan on the southwest border of China for several months. Perhaps it was this city, abundant in fresh flowers, that pierced through the gloom of the epidemic, bringing inspiration to the artist. Yue Minjun made a significant breakthrough and created a series of “flower” artworks.
Yue Minjun’s “Nian Hua Yi Xiao” Solo Exhibition
Date: From now until April 30
Time: 11 am to 7 pm
Location: Tang Contemporary Art Center, 10/F, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
“New Friends” Jon Burgerman Solo Exhibition
New York artist creates a playful world with spray paint.
Living in a community, each person has their own uniqueness, but sometimes in order to fit in with others, we may deliberately hide our edges. However, for artist Jon Burgerman, every individual has differences, and we should not erase this unique color. Recently, Woaw Gallery will bring the artist’s solo exhibition “New Friends” to Hong Kong, allowing everyone to get to know each unique character he has created!
Burgerman’s exhibition works are full of soft forms, distinct shapes of wood panels, and colorful characters. He boldly uses spray paint, blending vibrant colors together, bringing a rich emotional impact. In these seemingly simple and playful characters, the artist implies a deep emotion. Through these characters, he expresses that deep down, everyone wants to be seen as an individual but also be part of a group, reflecting the complex feelings of contemporary people in interpersonal relationships.
Seeing these unique characters come together, we know that there is no need to deliberately seek similarity. Only when each individual comes together can a colorful picture be displayed.
“New Friends” Jon Burgerman Hong Kong Solo Exhibition
Date: From now until April 22, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location: Woaw Gallery, 5 Sun Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
“Click… Click… Click…” Hong Kong Artists Joint Exhibition:
Contemporary art reinterprets the history of traditional printing industry in Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s.
The latest exhibition at the Karen Weber Gallery brings together a group of young local artists focusing on diverse creations around traditional printing, celebrating the history of traditional printing industry that emerged in the Central and Sheung Wan areas as early as the 1960s and 70s. Letterpress and offset printing shops were once an integral part of local culture, but most were replaced by digital printing starting in the 1990s. Today, traditional printing provides rich sources of nostalgia and inspiration for rooted Hong Kong artists, with the sounds, smells, and mechanical components of printing forming a part of their childhood memories.
This exhibition explores various issues related to the traditional printing industry, with works spanning across sound, painting, printmaking, textiles, and even novel writing. Sound artist Lai Chung-man created a digital instrument that interacts with the audience to mimic vintage printing techniques. Zhou Zhiyao’s student desk installation, featuring old-fashioned desks and chairs paired with carefully selected font carvings, recreates students’ learning experiences in the gallery space and is a highlight worth seeing for visitors.
“Click… Click… Click…” Hong Kong Artists Joint Exhibition
Date: From now until April 23
Time: 11 am to 7 pm (Closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Location: Karin Weber Gallery, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
“Basquiat, Haring, Scharf” Group Exhibition:
Three major New York street art pioneers reunite
Hong Kong Opera Gallery presents the group exhibition “Basquiat, Haring, Scharf,” celebrating the creative work and friendship between three American artists – Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf. The gallery brings together works from the three artists, offering an immersive experience for viewers to appreciate their distinct and explosive graffiti and sketches from their early years across three floors of gallery space.
The exhibition features about 40 artworks to explore the artistic dialogue between three artists in the East Village of New York from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The “Three Musketeers” were fascinated by street culture and popularized underground creations, which had a significant impact on the history of contemporary art development. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to appreciate the works of these three master artists in the same space!
“Basquiat, Haring, Scharf” Group Exhibition
Date: From now until April 30
Time: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Opera Gallery, G08-09, G/F, No. 9 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
“Dust” Chen Yingjie’s First Exhibition in Hong Kong:
Interpreting Chinese cultural symbols with bold brushstrokes
Whitestone Gallery presents Chinese artist Chen Yingjie’s first solo exhibition at Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong, titled “Dust.” The exhibition will showcase over twenty works including series such as “Natural Gravity,” “Awaken Lion,” and “Piercing Restraint,” as well as a collection of the artist’s working manuscripts and visual materials. These pieces not only continue Chen Yingjie’s long-standing bold personality and abundant passion in artistic creation but also reveal the artist’s subtle and introspective side that is not well known to the public.
“Piercing the Restraints” redefines the classic image of the dragon in Chinese culture through innovative use of street art tools, with the artist defining their own existence in the extension relationship between body, tools, and canvas; the cultural symbols in “Awakening Lion” come from the artist’s hometown of Foshan’s Lingnan cultural folk traditions; “Natural Gravity” enters the realm of highly individualistic imagery through the traditional Chinese landscape painting, showcasing Chen Yingjie’s increasingly abstract and straightforward artistic expression.
“Dust” Chen Yingjie’s First Exhibition in Hong Kong
Date: From now until April 23 (Closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Time: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: Whitestone Gallery, 7-8/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
“Mountain” Tsai Yiu Tung’s first solo illustration exhibition:
Interpreting Hong Kong’s mountain peaks in the style of Japanese Ukiyo-e paintings
Amaz By Lokianno is hosting its first solo illustration exhibition “Mountain” for local artist Choy Yiu Tung, providing a venue for showcasing and promoting local creativity and art culture. Going through wave after wave of epidemics, Hong Kong people are striving to adapt to various changes, adjusting to the new normal in life and work.
Hong Kong people who have always loved traveling abroad have discovered local attractions during the epidemic, and hiking in the mountains to get close to nature has become a popular interest for many Hong Kong people in recent years. Friends who love hiking or Hong Kong peaks will notice the works of local artist Terence Choi, who uses Hong Kong peaks as the theme. His works have a touch of ukiyo-e style, showing unique creativity and humor, breaking the traditional impression of mountain paintings, and using his works to take everyone climbing Hong Kong peaks and getting to know the majestic mountains from an interesting perspective.
“Mountain” Cai Yaodong Solo Exhibition
Date: From now until May 1st
Time: 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Amaz By Lokianno, Basement, 2-4 Kingston Street, Causeway Bay
“Looking East: Saint Ives Artists and Buddhism” Exhibition:
Unique dialogue between British modern art and Eastern culture.
The exhibition deconstructs the influence of Eastern philosophical thoughts on post-war British modern art. St. Ives was originally a small fishing village in Cornwall, southwest England, which became an art sanctuary in the 1920s, nurturing many famous artists. Therefore, 3812 Gallery specially presents this exhibition, hoping to explore the post-war artists and their works in St. Ives in the 20th century with a fresh perspective, while also paying tribute to the avant-garde artists of the 1920s and 1930s.
Exhibiting artists include Hong Kong-born, Saint Ives-based Bernard Leach and renowned Buddhist scholar D. T. Suzuki, covering various categories such as ceramics, oil paintings, collages, and installation art. The artists in Saint Ives during this period were enlightened by Buddhist ideology, creating abstract art with profound spiritual connotations, with extraordinary significance for the era, influencing a new generation of artists in their pursuit of art.
“Looking East: Saint Eves Artists and Buddhism” Exhibition
Date: Now until April 14th
Time: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: 3812 Gallery, 26th Floor, Wyndham Place, 40-44 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
