Art Basel in Hong Kong was held last week from 15-18 May 2014 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) with numerous parallel events. We kicked off our art week in Hong Kong on Tuesday (13 May) with a quick visit to Hong Kong Art Centre’s Second Contemporary Collectors exhibition Passion/Possession featuring works from 10 Indonesian collectors curated by Agung Hujatnikajennong and ended our evening with Art Gallery Night (in the Central and Sheung Wan area). After the Art Basel Vernissage it was followed up by a post party event at Absolut Art Bar with Ming Wong’s performance inside Nadim Hassan’s Apocalypse Postponed installation on Wednesday. Thursday night was Wong Chuk Hung Art Night (gallery hopping in the Aberdeen area), and the artists and designers who live and work in Chai Wan opened their doors to the public for Chai Wan Mei Open Studios on Friday and the weekend. While there were many day events at the fair – with talks and workshops organised by Art Basel, but we attended Asia Art Archive Brunch & Talk by Wong Hoy Cheong on ‘Rage, Hope and Love: Working with Communities & Housing’, followed by a visit to Para/Site‘s exhibition ‘Ten Millions Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong’, and finally Xu Bing’s ‘It Begins with Metamorphosis‘ exhibition at The Asia Society Museum.
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- Agus Suwage’s work at the Passion/Possesion exhibition at HKAC.
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- ‘Lazy Chair’ by Yuli Prayitno at the Passion/Possesion exhibition at HKAC.
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- Da Xian: Doomsday by Huang Yong Ping at the Passion/Possesion exhibition at HKAC.
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- Gu Wenda’s installation at the ‘Discoveries’ section in Art Basel HK.
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- Yee I-Lann’s ‘Picturing Power’ series finally gets a proper debut in Asia at Silverlens’ booth at the fair after having exhibited the series in Europe and America.
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- Ai Wei Wei’s Freedom bicycle installation at Art Basel Hong Kong.
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- Agus Suwage’s latest series using watercolour, presented by Nadi Gallery at Art Basel HK.
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- FX Harsono’s latest series ‘The further we go, the less we understand’ presented by Galeri Canna at Art Basel HK.
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- Yang Yongliang’s latest series of work are all video based works. On closer look the typical ‘Chinese Landscapes’ are made up of urban architecture.
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- Grayson Perry ‘Map of Truth and Beliefs’ (2011) at Art Basel HK.
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- One of the miniature works by Lam Yau-sum presented by Grotto Fine Art that specialises in contemporary Hong Kong art.
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- Rudi Mantofani’s latest series ‘Space-Scape’ by Galeri Semarang.
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- Detail of the work on MH 370 by Chinese artist Qiu Zhi Jie in one one of the booths in Art Basel HK.
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- A work on MH 370 by Chinese artist Qiu Zhi Jie in one one of the booths in Art Basel HK.
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- Li Wen had a solo presentation by iPreciation at the fair.
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- Ming Wong performing at Absolut Art Bar
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- Albert Yonathan Setyawan at Yallay + Isabel van den Eynde Gallery in Aberdeen area.
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- Detail look at Albert Yonathan Setyawan at Yallay + Isabel van den Eynde Gallery in Aberdeen area.
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- Eko Nugroho’s Wayang Kulit puppets at Yallay + Isabel van den Eynde Gallery in Aberdeen area.
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- Hou Chun-ming’s Crimes and Punishment in Hong Kong (1996) series of mimeographs presented in Para/Site’s exhibition at Sheung Wan Civic Centre.
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- The exhibition ‘A Million Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong’ by Para/Site’s exhibition at Sheung Wan Civic Centre.
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- The exhibition ‘A Million Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong’ by Para/Site’s exhibition at Sheung Wan Civic Centre.
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- A re-contruction of Xu Bing’s work room, part of the exhibition at Asia Society.
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- Xu Bing’s ‘Background Story’ (2014) made from natural debris in a lightbox.
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- The back of the artwork ‘Background Story’.
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- The original artwork by Wang Jian ‘Landscape in the Style of Xu Daoning’ that was replicated by Xu Bing in the form of lightbox and natural debris.
Tags: Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia Art Archive, ming wong, Wong Hoy Cheong, Yee I-Lann
