Hong Kong Tatler – August 2019

CONCIERGE / Art Agenda

38 hong kong tatler. august 2019

WORDS: LEANNE MIRANDILLA; IMAGES: WEI JIA, RIVER BAY (2019), © WEI JIA, COURTESY OF MICHAEL KU GALLERY AND DAVID ZWIRNER; MADSAKI, UNTITLED (INSPIRED BY STEPHEN CHOW) (2019), COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND KAIKAI KIKI CO; YAO QINGMEI, THE TRIAL (STILL) (2013), COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND PARA SITE; MANDY EL-SAYEGH, PAINTING (DENZEL) (2019), COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LEHMANN MAUPIN

Art Imitates Life

Four Hong Kong galleries present avant-garde works exploring

a variety of social concepts, including thievery and technology

BICYCLE THIEVES

PARA SITE

UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1

Curated by Hanlu Zhang, who was

selected through Para Site’s Emerging

Curators programme, this exhibition

of works by 16 artists explores the

blurry boundary between sharing

and stealing. With this theme in mind,

the artworks examine relationships

between individuals and institutions,

nations and each other. para-site.art

MANDY EL-SAYEGH: DISPERSAL

LEHMANN MAUPIN
UNTIL AUGUST 23
London-based Malaysian artist Mandy El-Sayegh’s first
solo exhibition in Asia encompasses paintings, sculptures
and installations incorporating diverse materials from latex
to newspaper clippings. Her work addresses the personal,
societal and cultural systems by which we conduct our lives,
from global finance to mass media. lehmannmaupin.com

MADSAKI: IF I HAD

A DREAM

PERROTIN

UNTIL AUGUST 17

Andy Warhol and classic Hong Kong cinema

might seem like an unlikely pair of influences,

but these are exactly what inspired Japanese-

American artist Madsaki’s latest show, which

features reproductions of iconic Warhol works

and paintings of key scenes from Hong Kong

cinematic classics such as Kung Fu Hustle and

In the Mood for Love. perrotin.com

SINGING THE BODY

ELECTRIC

DAVID ZWIRNER

UNTIL AUGUST 10

Taking its title from Walt Whitman’s

poem “I Sing The Body Electric”, this

exhibition explores ideas of the body

and desire. Among the artists featured

are German photographer Wolfgang

Tillmans, the late American conceptual

artist Félix González-Torres and Aaajiao,

a Mainland Chinese activist and

multimedia artist. davidzwirner.com