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SUMMARY:Birth of Poetry
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present the group exhibition Birth of Poetry\, featuring works by artists Chen Jinbin\, Ted Gahl\, Han Mengyun\, Joy Li\, Shi Zheng\, and Zhang Ji. The exhibition explores the origins of poetry and its enduring significance in life\, offering a glimpse into its primordial essence. Through a diverse range of mediums including painting\, video\, sculpture\, and installation—the exhibition reveals how poetry emerges from the vastness of the cosmos\, the quietude of the everyday\, and the struggles of existence. Birth of Poetry opens on 22 March 2025 and runs through 11 May 2025. \nBirth of Poetry offers a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of the genesis and sustenance of poetry as manifested through the diverse artistic practices of six contemporary artists. The exhibition delves into the myriad ways in which poetry emerges\, evolves\, and endures across varying contexts and mediums. From Zhang Ji’s expansive inner landscapes to Shi Zheng’s embrace of linguistic randomness\, from Joy Li’s embodiment of the quotidian through the corporeal to Ted Gahl’s synesthetic recollections\, from Chen Jinbin’s meditation on objectless love to Han Mengyun’s poetic force arising from concealed anguish\, each artist contributes a unique lens through which the birth of poetry is articulated. The exhibition posits poetry not merely as a written or spoken form but as an omnipresent force that permeates the fabric of existence.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/birth-of-poetry/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Bonny Wong Hiu Ching: Yat Tung
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Yat Tung\, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong-based artist Bonny Wong Hiu Ching that explores the depths of loss and connection through a series of broken and borrowed memories. A collection of imagery that revolves around the artist’s experience of hiking with her late father – chasing first light – the newly created paintings navigate the paths of absence and presence\, reaffirming life through the act of repeated seeking. \nA homage to her father’s name ‘Yat Tung’ – which translates as ‘Sun’ and ‘East’ – the exhibition narrative is founded on Bonny Wong Hiu Ching’s memory of hiking Kowloon Peak with her family in the days leading up to her father’s passing. The daily quest was to reach the top in time to watch the sunrise\, though only once had they succeeded before their eventual loss. The depicted sceneries are a combination of imaginations by the artist based on short stories told by her father on their trips and various views as seen from her father’s perspective as the artist revisits his paths. The former are of places heard of but never rediscovered\, and the latter are of familiar sights\, reactivated through the eyes of the living.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/bonny-wong-hiu-ching-yat-tung/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241209
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SUMMARY:Prelude of Gaze
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Prelude of Gaze\, a group exhibition featuring Reuben Beren James\, Joseph Jones\, Bartosz Kowal\, Li Chuangli\, and Wu Yumo. With a curated body of works on canvas and photographs\, the exhibition explores the varied states of uncertainty that occur in the in-between – it asks: What precedes the moment of seeing and exists prior to the enlightenment? What happens in the transition rather than the resolution? \nThe works of Reuben Beren James investigate the latter through the idea of the simulacra and the liminality between human and technology. His paintings portray the moment in which an unknown threshold is revealed as it is transgressed. Within this interstitial space\, rational and conclusive boundaries are not only blurred but dissolved\, as is the differentiation between the real and the simulated. \nThe contemplation of intermediate states is echoed in works of Wu Yumo\, wherein she displaces the finality of traditional perceptions. Her photographic artworks play on viewers’ instinct to see image negatives as positives\, a reaction prompted not only by the desire to align with reality\, but the cognitive intuition to finish an incomplete process. Using a large-format digital camera\, the specific scenes she captures mimic the visual quality of photo negatives\, causing confusion in its comprehension. \nLi Chuangli disrupts perception in a different manner. His artworks portray ordinary and everyday objects yet are disjointed in their depiction. Closer inspection would reveal that the composition of each painting has been divided into three portions\, with the center panel slightly differing in scale. Through this minimal act of manipulation\, Li challenges the false sense of security evoked by what is often perceived as familiar or natural. \nAlso using familiar imagery\, specifically flora and fauna\, Joseph Jones reflects upon the relationship between the subject and the object. His paintings respectively depict a single flower and a cat whose point of gaze falls beyond the frame. As the viewer enters into the relationship\, the roles of subject and object are shifted. \nIf the intention of Jones’ artworks is to involve the viewer\, then the works of Bartosz Kowal pushes them away. Kowal’s paintings depicts close-up inspections of a figure’s face\, though always averting their gaze. Merely missing their eyes by either displacing the frame or peering only as the figure’s eyes close\, his images are engaged in a to-and-fro between looking and looking away. Successively building suspense with each glance\, the artworks are as if a prelude – always almost\, but never there.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/prelude-of-gaze/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241209
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SUMMARY:Rachel Lancaster: From Another Room
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present From Another Room\, the first solo exhibition in Asia by UK-based artist Rachel Lancaster\, featuring a new body of works on canvas that posits paintings as windows into other spaces. As if imagery transmitted from a parallel dimension\, the artworks elucidate but solitary moments yet each containing cues of continuation. Evocative of suspense and displacement\, the exhibition pieces together fragments of an omitted narrative\, untold as to whether a memory\, a story\, or a daydream. \nA turned head\, an unopened box\, an arm that reaches beyond the edge of the canvas – anticipation and the festering feeling of uncertainty are the marks of Lancaster’s works. Realized by the intentional withholding of information\, the enticing tension between absence and presence is further enhanced by the artist’s masterful portrayal of imagined textures. Familiar sensations\, such as the crisp of tissue paper or the residual heat of a pillow recently slept on\, become both means of immersion and clues to the before and after. Activating the depicted scenes via the arousal of tactile associations\, even the air within becomes vivid with density – almost palpable\, separated merely by the surface of the painting. \nInfluenced by her childhood ways of image consumption\, namely watching VHS tapes on TV\, Lancaster’s paintings possess a luminous quality as if lit from behind. Her works are also characterized by a certain graininess that obscures the time-space of the illustrated narrative\, wherein the audience becomes a remote and foreign observer. As the line of sight comes to an end at the edge of the frame\, curious viewers are left to wonder the context beyond\, as if reaching the cliffhanger of a story. The allure of Lancaster’s artworks emanates not from the answers they reveal\, but rather the questions they leave behind.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/rachel-lancaster-from-another-room/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240916
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SUMMARY:Daylight Cadenza
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Daylight Cadenza\, a group exhibition featuring the works of Han-Chiao\, Alexander Skats\, Astrid Styma\, Wang Wenting\, Alice Xinyan Wang\, Wang Zibo\, Suyi Xu\, and Zheng Lanxiong. \nIn music\, a ‘cadenza’ is an improvised ornamental passage played by a soloist\, typically in a loose and liberated rhythm. During this time\, the main melody will rest – creating a temporary void wherein unexpected spontaneity can occur. Daylight Cadenza likens the suspense of summer to that of this unstructured part of the composition. The exhibition explores scattered moments of daylight ennui through the intimate lens of eight artists\, and the artworks come together as if the varied notes of a song. \nIn Daylight Cadenza\, the artworks draw inspiration from the artists’ personal wells of memory and introspection. Manifesting in portraits of unknown figures\, obscured scenes of domesticity\, and objects of distant resonance\, the artworks are each a layered chord that tells its own story. Oscillating between partial depictions and abstract imagery\, soft palettes and dominant tones\, the exhibition experiences points of crescendo and diminuendo that continuously complete one another as if the movement of a visual concerto. In concurrence\, the illustrated narratives of familiar and quotidian humdrum form a reverberating bassline on which monotonous sights are embellished. \nRestless\, stagnant\, yet curious and playful – the lyricism of Daylight Cadenza evokes the leisure of summer through the passage of eight artists. As the hours grow long and the days linger\, the sweet sound of an unwritten cadenza begin to emerge – what will be played\, and what will people hear? \nTHE SHOPHOUSE is now open by appointment only: info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/daylight-cadenza/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240805
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SUMMARY:Bad Physics
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Bad Physics\, a duo exhibition by artists Sebastian Burger and Julian Junyuan Feng featuring a body of paintings\, sculptures\, mixed media and video artworks. Founded on ideas of Dadaism and ‘pataphysics’\, the exhibition contemplates the rules and rationality of common structures\, ranging from everyday mechanisms to larger systemic ideologies. Interpreting the above via techniques of deconstruction as well as decontextualization\, Bad Physics imagines alternative paradigms that contradict the preconceptions of logic and function. \nScience is often equated with the notion of an absolute truth\, and under this hypothetical\, physics is the unequivocal way through which to understand the world. It teaches that objective observations are the mark of reality\, yet as inherently emotional creatures\, why must we abide by this doctrine? Leipzig-based artist Sebastian Burger sheds light on a repositioned perspective through his painted examinations of displaced quotidian objects. Under his brush\, everyday subjects such as the composition of a window and the locking mechanism of a carabiner keychain are enhanced with heightened hints of fragility and tension. Inspecting beyond the reasonable surface\, the artworks are quietly suggestive of the sexual or violent characteristics implicit in seemingly ordinary actions. \nShanghai-based artist Julian Junyuan Feng’s sculptures and mixed media works are ambiguous machines created to be non-functional or functional only in imaginary manners. His artworks resemble fictitious communication devices or experiments with illogical body parts\, as if science developed exclusively on speculation. Feng’s mystic contraptions bring to mind the discredited theories of spiritual mediums or the works of a fictional mad scientist. Yet\, reshaped into a methodical aesthetic\, Feng’s artworks appear as if artefacts of an undetermined civilization. \nMan-made environments are conceived under meticulous calculations to ensure maximum efficiency and order. Feng’s Air Rage (2023) is a video artwork that investigates the modern airplane as a microcosm of a class-based society. Bottled within an eerily realistic simulation\, the video tours through an empty cabin invested with worm and flesh-like organisms. Beyond the frame\, a narrator speaks calmly and collectively about the findings of a study. Though the conviction of science often offers reassurance in situations of uncertainty\, the incongruous visual and auditory experience of Feng’s artwork questions whether the effect is of clarification or placation. Not unlike the peculiarities discerned by Burger in his paintings\, the video alludes to science’s modification of the natural order via the conditioning of perception. \nAn inquiry of its own\, Bad Physics explores the gray areas in-between the binary verdicts of logic. It posits that there are invisible dynamics hidden within the crevices of function\, and realms that exist beyond conceivable reality. It asks\, “How are we to comprehend the inconclusive?” and perhaps more importantly\, “Must the answer be absolute?”
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/bad-physics/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia,Painting,Sculpture
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240624
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SUMMARY:The Last Days of Spring -- Gestalt
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present duo solo exhibitions\, The Last Days of Spring by Victor Lim Seaward and Gestalt by Louis Appleby. Taking its title from a melancholic poem by the Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao\, Lim Seaward presents new sculptures and wall-based works\, which continue the artist’s investigations into authorship\, commodity\, and the fluid nature of time and permanence. Featuring a new body of work in reflection of perception and transcendence\, Appleby’s nocturnal scenery reminds one of the ephemerality in life. \nMateriality and technological manufacture are key tenets of Lim Seaward’s practice\, and this is manifest in a set of six new floor based sculptures. They feature heads and hands taken from 3D scans of artworks from some of the world’s most famous museums: the British Museum\, the Louvre\, and the Metropolitan Museum of art. These are in turn 3D printed in quartz sand in a new process called binder jetting\, whereby particles of sand are fused together to create complex forms. The quartz sand elements are complemented by 3D printed resin elements which have been electroplated in precious metals: gold\, copper\, and tarnished silver. \nIn doing so the artist raises questions of temporality and authorship. Could the ancient Greek sculptor in 100 BC have ever contemplated their artwork surviving 2\,000 years\, let alone for it to be translated into binary code by a computer\, and technologically manifested in physical form? \nGestalt refers to the theory of perception that places emphasis on viewing the entire picture holistically rather than as the sum of individual components. Appleby extends an invitation to view this new body of work through this lens. The artist plunges these new compositions into nightfall; a time when forms can appear to dissolve\, merge\, or reassemble to suggest new meanings. His keen observation of light is central to these pieces\, which are less still lives and more worlds or theatrical stages that teem with atomic life. \nAppleby’s fascination with the finite utility of objects feels tethered to human mortality and it is the creation and dissolution of matter that sets these paintings quietly ablaze. A candle must sacrifice its matter in order to live out its function. It is the ritual we are here to observe.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/the-last-days-of-spring-gestalt/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting,Sculpture
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240505
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SUMMARY:Gentle Again
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Gentle Again\, a curated exhibition of 8 artists in a dialogue surrounding intimacy\, distance\, ease\, and effort. We crave for comfort in the mere moments between the violence and anxiety\, and we search endlessly for places of rest. Featuring Huang Ko Wei\, Rachel Lancaster\, Robin Megannity\, Ciarán Murphy\, Paul Robas\, Tung Wing Hong\, Yu Shuk Pui Bobby\, and Zhang Lian\, the exhibition examines our innate yearning for tenderness. In a world of trials and trouble\, suffering is inevitable – all we can do is ask that our discomfort be gentle now\, and gentle again. Featuring a body of works on canvas\, video artworks\, and kinetic installations\, the exhibition plays with a precarious balance of soft tensions. The works highlight moments of suspense\, either captured through an isolated image or prolonged via time-based media with postponed or indefinite endings. The artworks collectively allude to the notion of ‘the moment before’ – namely the moment before a conclusion is revealed and before relief or devastation is confirmed. In this moment\, we are safe – we are swaddled in a liminal space between speculation and reality\, where anticipation and our inner optimist can exist. Bound together by broken stories\, the exhibition underscores a sense of incompletion that is paradoxically evocative of placidity and disquietude. An array of non-contiguous narratives – reflecting topics of iconographic duality\, identity construction\, affective phenomena\, geographical mobility\, and more – is brought to the surface\, elucidating glimpses of conflict that breach the peace. As if a distorted mirror of real life\, the underlying significance of each work\, where our distress is quiet unless disturbed. A haven enveloped in hushed chatter\,  the exhibition proposes a choice – should we acknowledge the pain\, or do we accept the comfort?
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/gentle-again/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia,Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240318
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SUMMARY:Dong Xiaochi: Petrichor / Naomi Workman: Anatomy of a Ghost Horse
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present duo solo exhibitions\, Petrichor by Chinese artist Dong Xiaochi (b.1993) and Anatomy of a Ghost Horse by British artist Naomi Workman (b.1990).Drawing inspiration from artificial landscapes of different scales\, including traditional Chinese gardens\, botanical gardens\, and miniature ecosystems. Dong Xiaochi explores diverse concepts related to simulating\, imitating\, and compressing nature. His creative endeavours primarily encompass painting and mixed-media pieces. By creating images saturated with hints of light\, humidity and atmosphere\, Dong aims to give forms to contemporary images of nature.The influence of Chinese painting on Dong Xiaochi’s artwork is prevalent in his technique as well as the subject. In Petrichor\, cloud motifs\, bamboos and leaves\, subjects with strong connotations of myths and symbols from Chinese culture are translated into nebulous and vague imagery. Like nature\, Dong’s paintings present in constant flux and cease to settle in a definite form. The delicate ink brushstroke disperses through the surface\, while upholding blank space to depict the stillness in the surrounding.In front of the viewers\, are trees and mountains whose forms blend with abstract ones in such a way that namable phenomena merge into abstract ones\, thus opening up to the imagination.Naomi Workman’s work consists of figurative and narrative paintings and drawings in oil\, featuring intertwined figures in various scenes. The protagonists are depicted in a state of suspended captivity\, with their gaze close and quiet in observation. The canvas becomes crowded with multi-figure compositions\, incorporating dramatic and rhythmic distortions. That are both performative and theatrical in their extreme poise. Implied narratives play out across canvas and paper as a device for evolution. Where bodies entwine\, warp and elongate. The figures are manifold in tableau-like arrangements. At the extreme\, these rhythmical distortions shift towards metamorphosis.The presence of horses and dogs is a recurring theme\, representing the companionship and kinship between humans and animals. A mirror absorbs the attention of the subjects\, symbolising a search for answers within ourselves through reflection. The constant companionship of horses\, dogs\, cats and birds serves as an anchor in domesticity. Mothers\, sisters\, seekers and lovers are enmeshed together in repetitive searching attempts to convey interiority. By compromising the divide between the ‘real’ and ‘imaginary’; by juxtaposing real body tasks with ‘imagined’ thought desires.Through Anatomy of a Ghost Horse\, Workman delves into the language of psychology\, specifically the concepts of entanglement and distortion\, to explore the duality between the physical bodies and interior worlds of her subjects. The titular Ghost Horse’s interior anatomy represents an unattainable search for clarity\, as the world they inhabit refuses to conform to their attempts at decoding it. \nBy appointment at info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/dong-xiaochi-petrichor-naomi-workman-anatomy-of-a-ghost-horse/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240219
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SUMMARY:Roundabout
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Roundabout\,  the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by Shanghai-based artist Shi Zheng. The exhibition features isolated inspections of man-made infrastructures\, recreated via varied virtual mediums\, and channeled through a body of video installations and photographic works.\n\n\n\n\nUsing tools of video games\, artificial intelligence\, and digital rendering\, Shi Zheng reduces reality into pure logical learnings. The artist removes the traces of human subjectivity from inherently social objects such as newspapers\, living spaces\, and transportation networks\, crafting familiar imagery through the lens of a detached observer. Underlined with heightened senses of absence and presence\, the artworks also simulate a tranquil passage of time\, yet in a vacuum that is severed from time and space. As if moving around and around a roundabout\, the presented realities develop continuously – without fail\, change\, nor an end. \nThe From the Film Set of Alphaville series is a collection of digital replicas of the artist’s real-life studio\, simulated through computer software. The artist pays tribute to Jean-Luc Godard’s film “Alphaville” in the title\, while using the “film set” to metaphorically represent the artist’s own studio environment. The empty chair in the image suggests the owner’s absence and highlights the presence of various devices on the table. Although the screens are not lit up\, the hard drive lights reveal the machines’ hidden operations\, emphasizing a feeling of “machines in attendance while human beings are unaccounted”. \nIn the series Hovering at the Convergence of Entrances and Exits which consists of 24 video works\, the artist directly uses the coded game as a carrier to nestle metaphors of the virtual world and creative space in the idea of the sandbox. He appropriated the satellite imagery of particular locations that he chose on Google Earth and reconstructed the corresponding virtual scenes in Cities: Skylines. Each video focuses on an architectural scene simulated by the artist\, primarily overpasses and highways\, indicating variant examples of a single type of industrial infrastructure. The artist aspires to new objectivity with the help of the machine’s eye. In this progressive logical sequence-objects\, maps\, games\, simulations\, screens\, and then viewers-he reveals the “remote presence” of the architecture while at the same time completing the gradual abstraction of the viewed object. \nFrosty Morning is a multi-channel video installation generated by Neural Networks\, which are rhythmic structures made by human beings that simulate our brain and nervous systems. After the artist’s research on Machine Learning and Neural Networks\, an Artificial Neural Network is trained to “read” the front page of The New York Times from the last 6 years. By imitating the data set\, it starts to render the newspaper\, generate blurred image\, and approach the form of reality\, but never realizing the legible content. As a perpetual newspaper generator or a machine trying to predict “the future\,” the work seems to reflect the reasonable and overwhelming world in the present. \n\n\n\n\nAs a continuance of the Frosty Morning series\, in Frosty Morning (Daily)\, the artist installs the moving images of The New York Times generated by the neural network in computer-simulated scene of daily life. The scenes mostly originate from pictures in his collection. In this particular context\, the newspaper\, despite being the visual core of the work\, seems more like a daily scene that we encounter inadvertently. \nBook here: info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/roundabout/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240107
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SUMMARY:Memories from Out of the Blue
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Zhou Xinyu’s first solo show Memories From Out of the Blue in Hong Kong\, curated by independent curator Chen Junyao. Chen examines Zhou’s artwork in relation to a common psychological phenomenon\, where a sudden resurgence of memories is unconscious\, fragmented and often untraceable. \nAmerican psychologist George Mandler (2004) explained “Mind-pops” as fragments of knowledge that suddenly enter consciousness\, such as words\, images\, or melodies. These highly random mind-pops often exist in everyday life in an “unnoticed” manner. When examining the neural mechanisms of memory processing\, memory involves the processes of encoding\, storing\, and retrieving information. Therefore\, mind-pops are not just appearing out of thin air; they are related to accumulating an individual’s past experiences. This also seems to imply that the information we actually record may be more than we realize—forgotten memories may not have disappeared from the brain; they are simply hidden\, making it impossible for you to discover their traces consciously. As a manifestation of many hidden memories\, mind-pops correspond to the subject’s genuine feedback about the world\, pointing directly to the fact that the subconscious often knows the significance of a particular experience\, even if our consciousness is unaware of it. \nArtist Zhou Xinyu’s creations draw from the endless stream of images in contemporary society’s information flow\, as well as the image and symbol memories built upon it. Zhou Xinyu’s artistic practice integrates animation theory with experiments based on printmaking media. In recent years\, her works have mainly used mixed media painting as the primary medium. The fusion of multiple media and the fragility brought about by material blending correspond to the emotions derived from personal experiences and publicness in the unfolding of time. In summary\, Zhou Xinyu reveals attention to vulnerability and fragmented emotions in real life with a calm yet warm expressiveness. Her works unfold through the overlay of different layers\, and the distorted lines project clear and significant moments extracted from chaotic memories. In her works\, full of a mottled and seemingly aged visual\, she deliberately imparts an archival quality to contemporary images\, allowing her to delicately unravel the multi-threaded emotional memories\, presenting scenes of memory like individual acts in a play\, recording many fleeting things and flashing them back into the artist’s meticulous observation and material expression\, intertwining the past and the present\, describing subtle feelings that cannot be clarified by language or text.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/memories-from-out-of-the-blue/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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SUMMARY:The Hoarders
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present The Hoarders\, a group exhibition featuring Song Lee\, Yujie Li\, Ran Yuxiao and Miyeon Yi. Hoarding is a behaviour to express identity through the collection of experiences or objects. Yet the bridge in-between may endow opposite meanings to the creators and collectors. \nYoung artists often hoard mementoes and integrate them into their practice as a representation of their identities. By passing through the realm of memories and reality\, childhood is claimed as an intangible base to unveil the depth of one’s spirit. Within the developing psyche from childhood\, the artists hoard mementoes\, which are being generated as a threshold of reminiscence throughout a life journey. Therefore\, the infant career of an artist is unique due to its rawness and pureness. \nOn the contrary\, the artwork may relay a different understanding by the collectors. The act of collection is performed through careful investigation and understanding of the object. In other words\, the collectables do not equate to popularity or monetary value\, but the value held by the collectors. Yet the value to both artists and collectors may diverge depending on one’s background or upbringing. Nonetheless\, both serve as tangible reminders of the people and experiences that have shaped their lives. \nThe introspective looking often requires one’s understanding to build and foster relationships. While both perspectives may sometimes contradict or resonate with one another\, the entanglement also remarks the foundation and journey of in numerous fruitful relationships\, witnessing the growth both spiritually and culturally. \nBy appointments only: info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/the-hoarders/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Crafts,Multimedia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230925
DTSTAMP:20230904T000233Z
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SUMMARY:Trioque
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present a new group exhibition\, Trioque\, with three Korean female artists\, Claire Chey\, Yoonjoong Cho and Debbie Kim\, curated by Matt Chung. Through their diverse mediums and perspectives\, these three artists delve into the intricate interplay of urban existence\, spiritual enlightenment\, and the societal metaphors that shape our perceptions. \nClaire Chey’s metaphorical paintings reveal the subtle socioeconomic patterns that have been imprinted on our civilisation. Her visceral style\, in which paint transforms into flesh\, navigates the gaps between creation and discovery. \nLondon and Seoul-based artist Yoonjoong Cho captures the pulse of the cities through her paintings. Her daily encounters with urban objects drive her practice\, and her art presents a symbiotic relationship between the city and its inhabitants. \nDebbie Kim’s artistic journey from Seoul has a spiritual undertone. Combining Eastern and Western philosophies\, she straddles the realms of landscapes\, still lives and religious imagery. Kim’s art reveals the hidden places in the ordinary\, leading us to peek beyond the connotation of conventional objects. \nTrioque stimulates ideas on identity\, transcendence\, and the core elements of the human tales that form our lives by juxtaposing these artists’ distinct viewpoints. \nBy appointment only at: info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/trioque/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230814
DTSTAMP:20230716T182424Z
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SUMMARY:Olga Grotova and Szelit Cheung : Door to Door
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to co-present with Schoeni Projects\, Door to Door\, a summer residency programme located in Hong Kong and London. The dual residency is an ongoing exchange of artistic exchange and knowledge production. We are pleased to showcase artworks this Saturday by Olga Grotova and Szelit Cheung after the artists-in-residence in Hong Kong. \nUnlike traditional galleries\, natural light is one of the key components to creating bright indoor space at THE SHOPHOUSE. \nThrough using light-sensitive material\, Olga Grotova leaves subtle traces of objects on the canvas. The blurry\, ambiguous shapes remind of one’s untraceable memories or past. When the objects are forgotten or erased from history\, one undergoes the journey of searching on their own. \nThe voids in Szelit Cheung’s artworks are often deep and complex due to the intricate structure compositions. The stark contrast is created through the dramatic use of light and shadow. When the light peaks through the door\, a mysterious sense is invited. One can choose to stay or escape\, yet the sense of emptiness will prevail.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/olga-grotova-and-szelit-cheung-door-to-door/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230619
DTSTAMP:20230521T235404Z
CREATED:20230515T021030Z
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SUMMARY:Along the Way
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Along the Way\, a group exhibition featuring 7 Hong Kong artists\, unveiling the process behind each artist’s practice and inviting the audience to step into artists’ intellectual. \nCity landscapes are made of man-made objects and nature. Landscape paintings today are often regarded as picturesque and sublime. Yet prior to the birth of classical landscape in the 17th century\, landscape paintings were still known as a genre of lesser importance\, rendering as the peripheral background in biblical and religious stories. With the invention of tin tube paint and portable collapsible easel\, it gave rise to “En plein air” (outdoor painting) and diverged from the old practice of studio settings. This also opens up its way to romanticism and impressionism development afterwards. \nSome may see art as an object\, nevertheless it is not a constant. Art endows different meanings depending on where it is being shown and who is viewing.\nBy showcasing the tools of the artists in the exhibition\, the everyday objects are imbued with familiar yet alien meanings differentiating from one’s understanding. The duality of the tool and the artwork provides a fresh perspective\, both visually and semantically\, inspiring the viewer to recognise the understatement of each artwork. \nBy appointment only: info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/along-the-way/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230116
DTSTAMP:20221211T234856Z
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SUMMARY:KUROBIKARI
DESCRIPTION:Kurobikari 黒光り\, literally translated as “black shine/luster\,” this Japanese word can evoke emotions of revulsion and reverence. With the absence of light\, black symbolised death\, fear\, and filth in diverse communities over time and space\, and in contemporary Japan\, kurobikari often conjures up images of ominously glistening cockroaches\, crows\, and filth. Yet it also points to the aesthetic category describing the luster of wood\, charcoal\, lacquer\, metals\, and calligraphy ink. A historically and culturally rich concept\, kurobikari can be used to describe prehistoric Jomon-era pottery polished with soot produced from burnt organic materials\, rendering shining black vessels for ritual practices. In literary texts\, the term expressed the beauty of blackened teeth – a bodily practice which marked social maturity and later\, female marital status—as well as the sinister description of the foreign “black ships” arriving in Japanese ports in the 19th century. Kurobikari disrupts and melds seemingly unrelated and antithetical categories and values\, encompassing widely divergent sentiments with the colour black. \nText by Izumi Nakayama \nBy appointment only at info@theshophouse.hk
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/kurobikari/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting,Sculpture
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221205
DTSTAMP:20221125T055329Z
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SUMMARY:DOOOR
DESCRIPTION:A door and an art\, the two may seem unassociated\, but both function as an entrance – to a building or the mind of an artist. \nAfter the success of our first artist in residence exhibition “DOOR” in July 2021\, THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present “DOOOR”\, a 50-day tripartite conversation between artists\, audience\, and space\, featuring Hong Kong artist Amy Tong\, Elaine Chiu and Tang Kwong San. 

Each artist takes over a floor of the gallery\, where they will create unique works in response to their surroundings. The exhibition aims to facilitate active observations and meaningful dialogue within the community. \nThe OPEN STUDIO of “DOOOR” aims to delve into each of the three artist’s creative processes whilst simultaneously displacing them from their accustomed creative environments. An interactive experience blurring the intimate relationship between artists\, audience and gallery. \nThe EXHIBITION takes place after our OPEN STUDIO\, act as a celebration and showcase of the on-site works created by the artists. \nOPEN STUDIO 12 OCT – 6 NOV 2022 EXHIBITION 9 – 27 NOV 2022
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/dooor/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221003
DTSTAMP:20220821T060246Z
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SUMMARY:Zhang Ji: Dakini
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present Chinese artist Zhang Ji’s first solo exhibition “Dakini” with the gallery\, in conjunction with the launch of the first publication of Zhang – “Selected drawings and typings 17:00 – 18:47 4.17.2022”. \nWhen a mnemonic is recited\, one’s emotion and spirit are moved\, a moment that will not perish. Holes on a human skin breaths thereafter\, the movements continue as the warmth tides rise. The innate spirit chants the melody of life. \nMost of Zhang’s spiritual experiences are related to windows. Human beings communicate through holes on their bodies\, intersecting like a river. Doors and windows of a house are like its holes. Whilst the doors are often closed\, one knows that they can always be opened. When the windows are tightly shut\, one may still connects through the glass\, the eye of the house.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/zhang-ji-dakini/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Ink & Drawing
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220706
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220815
DTSTAMP:20220805T100813Z
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SUMMARY:GRUE
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present “GRUE”\, a trio exhibition featuring Ben Edmunds\, Minku Kim and Yves Scherer. The exhibition consists of three artists’ new works\, challenging viewers’ concept of colour and the world around us. \nColour is not only defined by the visual aspects of perception but is also intertwined with language\, culture and meaning. \nIn ancient Japanese culture\, colours were defined by four adjectives akai (red)\, kuroi (black)\, shiroi (white)\, and aoi (blue)\, referring to energy (red)\, darkness (black)\, brilliance (white)\, and obscurity (blue). These broad terms encapsulate colours not only as a visual phenomenon\, but a perceptual phenomenon with context and meaning. For example\, the colours blue and green were perceived together emotionally as aoi which is used to describe the colour blue and the sense of obscurity. Similarly\, in Classical Chinese\, the word qīng (青)\, straddles between both blue and green\, is associated with freshness\, clarity\, and excellence. \nThrough centuries of evolution\, our perception and experience of colour is shaped by our cultures. In 1969\, American anthropologists Brent Berlin and Paul Kay proposed the basic colour terms as a reflection of culture and the way we experience the world around us. At the same time\, as culture is developed through learning and experiences\, where does nuances and anomalies stand in our principles of uniformity? \nGrue\, a term coined by Nelson Goodman in Fact\, Fiction\, and Forecast (1955)\, where it was presented as a paradox and a means of justification through the elimination of induction. While most people perceive “green” as reasonable and “grue” as utterly absurd\, it is based on one’s memory\, and the world as we know has no absolute validity.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/grue/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia,Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220620
DTSTAMP:20220609T112310Z
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SUMMARY:Another Asian Artist
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present “ANOTHER ASIAN ARTIST”\, curated by three Asian curators – Taku Santiago Sato (Japan)\, Sungah Serena Choo (Korea) and Yang Jian (China). The exhibition features 9 cutting-edge artists of the Asian diaspora rediscovering their identity in the post-pandemic era. \nAsians are often overlooked as part of a singular ethnicity\, yet cultural identity has become more fluid and transcends beyond geographies. As the art world becomes increasingly globalised\, the universality has also eroded individuality and cultural distinctiveness. \nPrior to the pandemic\, globalisation has reached its peak in the twenty-first century. As the dissemination and access of information becomes prevalent through the mediation of digital technology\, the way we perceive the world also became increasingly skewed with the interplay of social media algorithms and big data. \nAs of late\, COVID-19 restrictions have driven a surge in localisation. Social distancing regulations and travel restrictions have altered the globalised lifestyle. Having spent more time in their immediate surroundings\, greater focus is placed on culture\, and the rediscovering of qualities that shape one’s values and morals. \nOscillating between one’s local roots and the pressures of globalization\, the exhibition unveils a unique juxtaposition of Asian identities\, and a balancing act of meanings and values in the ever-changing world.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/another-asian-artist/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Painting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220425
DTSTAMP:20220407T033638Z
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SUMMARY:Cityscape Resolution - Hong Kong by YOSHIROTTEN - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Making its way from Tai Hang to Central\, the cultural destination THE SHOPHOUSE opens its first-ever pop-up experience at BELOWGROUND\, featuring Part 2 of the ‘CITYSCAPE RESOLUTION’ by Japanese artist YOSHIROTTEN in collaboration with Hong Kong photographer Wing Shya. \nFor the second iteration of ‘CITYSCAPE RESOLUTION\,’ the artist YOSHIROTTEN expands on the recreation of Wing Shya’s iconic photographs\, presenting 10 collaborative prints. This unique union of the 2 creative minds offers a fresh perspective and a new visual representation of both artists’ styles of work. \nAccording to YOSHIROTTEN\, Wing Shya’s photography captures Hong Kong as “a collection of human emotions rather than the actual scenes of the city.” By entering into the instantaneous world of photography\, in the process of cutting images and expanding their resolution\, the emotions of the objects flow into a strange sense of reality\, like a city that YOSHIROTTEN had never visited. YOSHIROTTEN reconstructs and collages Wing Shya’s images using only the graphic motifs that appear by picking up the resolution\, unveiling the primordial fragments of that particular moment in time. \nExclusively available at BELOWGROUND\, the pop-up experience by THE SHOPHOUSE also presents ‘otherthings’\, which includes 6 limited run photo print t-shirts and a special issue of the cult magazine WERK No. 29 dedicated to featuring the works of YOSHIROTTEN and his reinterpretation of photographs by legendary image-makers\, Daido Moriyama and Wing Shya. WERK Creative Director Theseus Chan employs his trademark design language of utilizing printed form and elevating it to a highly collectible art object\, a craft that is quickly becoming a rarity in the modern age.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/cityscape-resolution-hong-kong-by-yoshirotten-part2/
LOCATION:BELOWGROUND\, Landmark Atrium\, 15 Queen's Road Central\, Central and Western\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220404
DTSTAMP:20220302T034701Z
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SUMMARY:Cityscape Resolution – Hong Kong by YOSHIROTTEN
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present “Cityscape Resolution – Hong Kong” by Japanese artist YOSHIROTTEN\, his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. \nThe immersive exhibition consists of three parts: Yoshirotten’s solo works\, collaborative works with Hong Kong photographer Wing Shya\, and reworks on Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama “NEW SHINJUKU” series. \nG/F – Yoshirotten’s solo works\nThe ground floor space showcases print and video works by Yoshirotten. By erasing the existence of landscape\, Yoshirotten reconstructs and collages them using only the graphic motifs that appear by picking up the resolution\, unveiling the primordial fragment of the city.\nLooking closely at Yoshirotten’s solo works\, the expression seems to cut out the work-state of one’s mind that enters into the photograph. His works are printed on aluminium plates with mirrored surfaces\, creating reflections of the scenery of Hong Kong and the audience simultaneously. The images are more than a capture of the landscape but also an echo of the noise in the city. \n2/F – Yoshirotten x Wing Shya\nThe 2/F exhibition space features print and video works of Yoshirotten as a reworking of Wing Shya’s photography. For Yoshirotten\, Shya’s photographs captured the city of Hong Kong like a collection of human emotions rather than the actual scenes of the city. By entering into the instantaneous world of the photograph\, cutting it out\, and expanding its resolution\, the emotions of the objects in the photograph start to flow into a strange sense of reality like a city that Yoshirotten has never visited. \n3/F – Yoshirotten x Daido Moriyama\nThe 3/F gallery space features artworks that Yoshirotten expands based on Daido Moriyama “NEW SHINJUKU” series. Yoshirotten dives into the digital data of the photographs Moriyama has captured around Shinjuku\, a city with diversified characteristics\, transforming traces into a square monochrome bitmap\, where audience are brought into a parallel universe of reality and fantasy. \nAmbient Sound – TAKAKAHN@YATT\nTo create a fully immersive experience\, TAKAKAHN\, the partner of Yoshirotten’s music unit YATT has curated ambient sounds that can be heard across the entire exhibition space. As the resolution emerges\, the music also expresses the flowing landscape\, collaging the noise of the city into the electronica sound. \nBy appointment only: https://forms.gle/VFg9xWzBS9v9pAFx7
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/cityscape-resolution-hong-kong-by-yoshirotten/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211122
DTSTAMP:20211021T014007Z
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SUMMARY:Yang Bodu and Zhao Zhao: Perspective parallel
DESCRIPTION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, in collaboration with MINE PROJECT and Qiong Jiu Tang (穹究堂)\, is pleased to\npresent the duo exhibition “perspective parallel” by Chinese contemporary artists Yang Bodu and\nZhao Zhao\, the couple’s first joint exhibition. \nThe exhibition title reflects the couple’s daily state – “parallel perspective (起坐並行)” of their routine\nexchanges as they work in the same space and time.\nBodu’s works in this exhibition is the juxtaposition of the “In the Museum” and the “Eventide”\nseries. The “black motifs” in the center of each painting gives ostensible linkage\, almost as a kind of\ntile-matching game across-paintings. The “blackness” or “the same black”\, creates an exit in her\nperspective. There is no deformation in the artist’s world\, just a moment of exit\, in one or the other. \nStarting from the Jian Ware of the Song Dynasty\, Zhao activates the tradition with his research and\npainting. “The world” is nothing\, but our indescribable words in the face of the indescribable\, where\nthe origin of the emotion. There is no single answer\, and as Zhao Zhao’s paintings showing\, it could\nbe the cells of microbes\, floating grains of sand\, or mysterious and unknowable galaxy. Therefore\,\n“what is” in Zhao Zhao’s works is just a hint\, a medium that does not reveal the essence\, but only\nprovides imagination. What “THE WORLD” describes is not a specific image\, but a perception that\ncannot be accurately captured by language. A world of what could have been\, a world in which\nintuition precedes text. \nExhibited with this new series will be a selection of ceramic vessel by Zhao. Made with porcelain in\na kiln named Jianyao in Fujian\, held at the mezzanine floor of the gallery space\, the pieces are\narranged alongside watercolor sketches with original floor tiles dated back in 1930s\, providing\nanother perspective of Zhao’s role as an artist\, with a glimpse of the couple’s daily life.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/yang-bodu-and-zhao-zhao-perspective-parallel/
LOCATION:THE SHOPHOUSE\, 4 Second Lane\, Tai Hang\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Crafts,Painting
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