New Art Exhibitions in Hong Kong

 

Craving a bit of a culture fix? We have picked out some new art exhibitions that are showing in Hong Kong at the moment. Add some colour to your life and go have a look at what these artists are putting on display.

 

 

1. SMILE AT THE FLOWER SERMON

Yue Minjun

 

Tang Contemporary Art presents Smile at the Flower Sermon. A solo exhibition featuring works by the contemporary Chinese artist, Yue Minjun. The exhibition presents Yue Minjun’s iconic Laughter series and featured the new Flowerseries since the pandemic, with about 20 splendid works. This exhibition represents the remarkable return of Yue Minjun after a 10-year hiatus and is also his first collaboration with Tang Contemporary Art.

Dates: Present — Saturday, 30 April 2022

Where: Tang Contemporary Art, 10/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

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2. “フーダニット”(WHODUNNIT)

Jean Jullien

 

AISHONANZUKA presents to you “フーダニット”(WHODUNNIT), an exhibition of new works by French artist Jean Jullien. The exhibition marks Jullien’s first solo exhibition in AISHONANZUKA gallery Hong Kong. This exhibition features approximately 14 new paintings on canvas. From the calm and beautiful sea of his hometown of Brittany, people who enjoy the sea and nature, picturesque landscapes casually observed from the garden, and children’s toys, each and every one of Jullien’s works are depicted beautiful scenes that remind us of the splendors of daily life.

Dates: Present — Saturday, 30 April 2022

Where: AISHONANZUKA, Room 101, 1/F, Chinachem Hollywood Center, 1-13 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong

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3. NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU

Trevor Yeung

 

Blindspot Gallery presents Not everything is about you, Trevor Yeung’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. Continuing with his practice of personifying botanic ecology and inanimate objects to articulate human emotion and relationships, he examines the way we maneuver through our social habitat, delving into the complexities and unspoken rules defining the way we interact.

Dates: Present — Saturday, 7th May 2022

Where: Blindspot Gallery, 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, 28 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

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4. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

Hyangmok Baik

 

This is the artist’s second solo show with the gallery and his presentation in Hong Kong. This exhibition continues the utopian narrative Baik has been exploring since the start of the pandemic, and the subject of his Los Angeles show, The Garden of Eden (2021). For the works in I Know What You Did Last Summer, Baik delves deeper into ideologies around the pursuit of pleasures and happiness in pre-pandemic era, with a fresh, contemporary and invigorated purview.

Dates: Present — Saturday, 7th May 2022

Where: Over the Influence, G/F & 1/F, 159 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong

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5. FRAGMENTS OF TIME

Jeannie Wong Ho Ching

 

Fragments of Time, the latest exhibition by Hong Kong printmaker Jeannie Wong Ho Ching. Ho Ching Jeannie Wong is a Hong Kong based artist. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University- Visual Arts Academy in 2017 and later worked at her alma mater as a print technician. She received her MA in print at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2021.  Jeannie has participated in various group shows in Hong Kong, London, Bremen and Japan. She held her first solo exhibition in 2019 at the Hong Kong Open Print Shop.

Dates: Present — Monday, 2nd May 2022

Where: ODD ONE OUT, G/F, 14 St. Francis Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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