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SUMMARY:Making It Matters
DESCRIPTION:M+\, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong\, is pleased to announce the new exhibition Making It Matters\, opening to the public on Saturday\, 2 November 2024 in the M+ Open Gallery. Drawn from the M+ Collections\, this exhibition examines making as a process of creative expression and its long-lasting impact on individual lives\, global communities\, and fragile ecosystems. \nMaking It Matters mostly draws upon the diverse works of the M+ Collections. The artists\, designers\, and architects featured include John Cage\, Harold Cohen\, Julie & Jesse\, John Maeda\, Raffaella della Olga\, Anna Ridler\, Ki Saigon\, Fujimori Terunobu\, Jay Sae Jung Oh\, Stanley Wong\, and Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architects. It follows the process of making from concept and research to design and fabrication\, as well as the social networks that link each step. By delving into the inspirations\, techniques\, and impacts behind the selected works\, the exhibition helps us understand our own roles in processes of making and their relation to our daily lives. \nThe exhibition also looks at responsible design\, material innovation\, and creative reuse strategies adopted by innovative makers exploring alternative modes of thinking. These ideas are situated within wider historical and sociopolitical contexts across four thematic sections: \n\nCeramics: A Story of Shifting Values explores the complex and layered history of ceramics and focuses on how one material can shift greatly in value and perception over time. The section begins with the kilns of Jingdezhen in China and follows the development of blue-and-white ceramics over centuries. The section serves as a prelude to the three facets of making that the exhibition explores—material experimentation\, the evolution of tools\, and consumerism’s impacts on our environment. Highlights include a Qing dynasty vase with tubular handles and lotus design in underglaze blue on loan from the Hong Kong Museum of Art; an armorial ware dish with coat of arms and overglaze famille rose enamels on loan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and a contemporary re-imagining of blue-and-white ceramics by Ni Haifeng from the M+ Sigg Collection\, titled Of the Departure and the Arrival (2005).\n\n\nMaterial Potential highlights how makers experiment with a variety of materials\, including neon\, resin\, and bamboo\, discovering new processes\, methods\, and forms along the way. This section explores how makers develop skills and techniques that turn material challenges into opportunities for innovation. A restored Hong Kong neon sign for Very Good Tailor (1963) will be on display in the museum for the first time alongside rarely seen original sketches of neon designs. Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architects’ study model of Wind and Water Café (wNw Café) (2006) showcases the versatility of bamboo as a fast-growing\, sustainable material\, whilst Barbara Sansoni’s sketches and colourful weavings depicting landscapes in Sri Lanka show the versatility of community handweaving practices.\n\n\nThe Hand and the Machine examines how the development of computing\, artificial intelligence\, and machine learning revolutionised the making process. By offering new\, hybrid working methods\, these innovations prompt questions about what craft might look like in this context. Since the 1960s\, a new generation of artists have transformed concepts into algorithms and have increasingly produced non-linear\, interactive\, or randomised compositions. Highlights include Machine Painting Series TCM#14 (1995) by Harold Cohen\, the pioneer of early AI computer art; Reactive Books (Tap\, Type\, Write) (1998) by technologist\, artist\, and educator John Maeda; and the archives of the speculative NFT project Bloemenveiling (2019) by Anna Ridler and David Pfau.\n\n\nActions and Consequences traces how consumerism came to shape contemporary society by demanding mass production\, synthetic materials and low-paid labour. This section features a series of posters employing poignant imagery\, sleek designs and memorable slogans that alert us to this moral and ecological crisis. Facing this global challenge\, some makers focus instead on community engagement and speculative projects that address socio-political issues. Some examples on display include models from the Home-for-All project\, a community-led design initiative fortemporary shelters and gathering spaces after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011\, and a poignant message to later generations in the form of Ki Saigon’s Letters to the Future (2021)\, which reflects on single-use plastic waste and its long aftermath.\n\nNew display in East Galleries—a restored capsule from Kurokawa Kisho’s Nakagin Capsule Tower \nCoinciding with the opening of the exhibition\, a restored capsule from Kurokawa Kisho’s iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower (1970–1972) will be on display in the East Galleries. The tower once housed 140 self-contained units of small apartments intended for people who worked in Tokyo’s urban centre while living in the suburbs. It was one of the few buildings realised as part of the 1960s Japanese architectural movement Metabolism\, one of the most significant architectural movements to have emerged from Asia. The tower fell into disrepair in the early 2000s\, and despite numerous preservation attempts and global media attention\, it was demolished in 2022. Only twenty-three capsules were saved and restored\, and M+ is among the few museums to acquire a capsule. The display includes newly produced videos about the birth of Metabolism\, Kurokawa’s vision\, the tower’s structural ingenuity\, and the fate of the building\, eloquently explained by the architect and historian Fujimori Terunobu\, produced by M+ with the support of NHK Enterprises. Together with Kikutake Kiyonori’s Panel from Expo Tower (1968–1970)\, Osaka\, currently on display in the exhibition Things\, Spaces\, Interactions\, the acquisition of the Nakagin capsule makes M+ the only museum to hold two architectural fragments from the very few realised Metabolism projects.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/making-it-matters/
LOCATION:M+\, 38 Museum Dr\, West Kowloon\, Yau Tsim Mong\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Crafts,Design
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SUMMARY:M+ Sigg Collection: Inner Worlds
DESCRIPTION:The third exhibition of the M+ Sigg Collection builds on the groundbreaking previous editions\, M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation (2021–2023) and M+ Sigg Collection: Another Story (2023–2025). This new display provides a new and in-depth perspective on the collection and contemporary Chinese art by spotlighting key artists and trends. \nBetween the mid-1990s and 2010s\, China underwent rapid globalisation and economic transformation\, impacting people’s attitudes and values. At the same time\, Chinese artists became regular participants in international exhibitions and an active part of global art conversations. Art from this period embodies their reflections on these societal transformations as well as the lived experiences of epochal change. \nM+ Sigg Collection: Inner Worlds looks at the art of this period through the lens of emotional expression. The thirty-eight artists here communicate joy\, sadness\, calm\, anxiety\, doubt\, and wonder. Their works capture their responses to a changing nation\, creating art that aims to inspire emotional resonance in its audience. As you explore this exhibition\, we encourage you to view the works with curiosity and experience the emotions they are trying to convey.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/m-sigg-collection-inner-worlds/
LOCATION:M+\, 38 Museum Dr\, West Kowloon\, Yau Tsim Mong\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Multimedia,Painting,Sculpture
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260314
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260810
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SUMMARY:Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now
DESCRIPTION:Lee Bul (South Korean\, born 1964) is one of the most prominent contemporary artists to emerge from Asia in recent decades. Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is a comprehensive survey of her career to date\, featuring major works from the artist’s studio and collections across Asia and beyond. \nThe exhibition at M+ unfolds in three comprehensive sections that span the artist’s career. It opens with an immersive open landscape\, featuring iconic architectural installations from Lee’s Mon grand récit series (2005–ongoing). These complex works encourage visitors to reflect on the grand narratives of the modernist project and the aesthetics of failed utopias. This section also includes a selection of two-dimensional works from the Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable—Velvet) and Perdu series (2016–ongoing). The second chapter presents examples of Lee’s groundbreaking Cyborg and Anagram series from the late 1990s and early 2000s\, which first brought her international acclaim. Combining wide-ranging references from critical theory\, art history\, and science fiction\, these striking works explore entwined ideas of figuration\, gender\, and beauty in an increasingly technological world. The final section\, evoking an artist’s studio\, features a constellation of drawings\, sketches\, and maquettes\, revealing how Lee conceptualises and realises her artworks. \nThe travelling exhibition debuted at Leeum Museum of Art\, Seoul\, in September 2025\, before opening at M+ in March 2026. It will then tour to other venues in Europe and North America. A comprehensive monograph\, co-published by M+\, Leeum Museum of Art\, and Thames & Hudson\, will accompany the exhibition\, featuring new texts by international writers and scholars.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/lee-bul-from-1998-to-now/
LOCATION:M+\, 38 Museum Dr\, West Kowloon\, Yau Tsim Mong\, Hong Kong
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