Monday, December 27, 2010
Chinese version published on Artslant.com.cn, 500 Words. Text by Lee Kit as told to Venus Lau and Robin Peckham. Through an accident of historical periodization and the course of contemporary art practice, relatively young artists in Hong Kong like Lee Kit have been thrust into positions of mentorship for emerging work in new art. Although [...]
Thursday, September 30, 2010
First published in a catalogue accompanying the solo exhibition Reproduction of Reproduction at Hanart TZ Gallery. Text by Robin Peckham. That nostalgia for the cinema should function through painting may serve as a testament to the staying power of the ideology of the eternal art object: Hong Kong culture was, for several decades, defined through [...]
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
First published in ArtSlant. Text by Robin Peckham. You are Here, I am Not: From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei Osage Gallery 5/F., Kian Dai Industrial Bldg., 73-75 Hung To Rd. Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 19 September – 7 November This project sets out with the best of intentions: on the occasion [...]
First published by Para/Site Art Space in a catalogue for the exhibition This is Hong Kong. Text by Robin Peckham. Download the original attachment Kingsley Ng, “Record: Light,” 2008, 3’06″ “Record: Light” presents a seemingly tranquil view of Central district in Hong Kong at night, including several of the landmark architectural features that characterize the [...]