Your Cultural Lunar New Year
KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
To celebrate the new year, art galleries have demonstrated incredible creativity and resilience to propose exhibitions and installations with both home-grown and international artists.
We have selected a few exhibitions not to be missed, all resonating as a plural choral of reflection, positivity and rejuvenation.
A real feast for the eyes… of the Tiger!
SELECTION OF EVENTS
Jordy Kerwick
JORDY KERWICK, ANNEE DU TIGRE, L’HEURE DU TIGRE
Featuring a new body of works filled with brilliant colours and vibrant energy by France-based Australian artist Jordy Kerwick, the exhibition celebrates the lunar new year of the Tiger and investigates the topical themes of power, fear and hope.
Until 17 February – WOAW Gallery, Central
Fai Chun Show
FAI CHUN SHOW
Nine local and international artists picked their favourite Chinese New year phrases and illustrated them in their own style. These Fai Chun are printed in traditional printmaking method, including screen printing, etching, woodcutting and lithography.
Until 1 March – Odd One Out, Wan Chai
Okokume
BESPOKE X OKOKUME
To celebrate Chinese New Year, Spanish artist Okokume has created special artworks featuring her iconic characters Cosmic Girl and Dino Star. Inspired by Japanese manga, American cartoons and street culture, Okokume encourages the audience to engage in her world of fantasy.
Until 6 February – JPS Gallery – Landmark, Central
Kaleidoscope
KALEIDOSCOPE
This colourful group exhibition features three Japanese artists using different medias and techniques, like wood carving, “bricolage-like” methods, reconstructed images from movies and internet.
Until 12 February – AISHONANZUKA, Central
Paul Barlow, up down up down up down, 2020
NEW BEGINNINGS
This exhibition showcases four artists based in different cities working in the expanded field of painting and abstraction. Painting in the manner of sculptor, builder, gardener, and designer, these artists inhabit the balance between stability and entropy, ideation and abstraction, optimism and nihilism.
Until 5 March – Blindspot Gallery, Wong Chuk Hang
Diren Lee, Before the beginning, 2021
GLOBAL SONG
This exhibition features artworks by nine young artists from around the world, questioning the idea of globalisation. The artists respond to the present from polyvalent perspectives, but they are all using representational painting as a mean to capture our new reality.
Until 12 February – Tang Contemporary Art – H Queen’s, Central
Sparrow, “I’m doing fine”, Chow Chun Fai
NOW SHOWING 2.0
To kick off the New Year 2022, the exhibition features three local Hong Kong artists under the theme of movie inspiration in their artistic practice, at a time when daily life remains challenging, and films offer a popular form of escape for so many.
Until 3 March – Karin Weber Gallery, Central