From 21 to 25 March 2023, Asia Art Archive’s booth at Art Basel Hong Kong showcases new works by six Hong Kong–based artists that draw on AAA’s Collections to create a “portrait” of fellow artists of their choosing.
We are not so much rational, as rationalising—our actions are often opaque, even to ourselves. Retrospectively we may try to explain, to rationalise, what were largely unconscious impulses and inextricably personal drives. For Art Basel Hong Kong, we are leaning into the personal. We invited six Hong Kong–based artists to create a “portrait” of a fellow artist of their choosing, using materials from Asia Art Archive’s Collections. The selection criteria was subject to the whims of the invited artists. One chose an artist known more as a writer; another attempted to portray an artist who doesn’t want to be remembered. Every pair is deeply personal—and this personal link, in turn, informs the portraits themselves. Together, they point to that which exceeds the logic of the archive, and challenge the way we write art histories about Hong Kong. During the exhibition, a series of talks and conversations with the artists will be held at the booth.
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