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Life-Size, or Not: Another Portrait of Hong Kong Art | ARTLECTURE
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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.

Artists: C&G, Leung Chi Wo, Tozer Pak Sheung Chuen, Wong Wai Yin, Ricky Yeung Sau Churk, and Samson Young 

Public Talks

  • Conversation with the artists (Cantonese) | 21 March 2023, 6–7pm (TBC)
  • Conversation with the artists (English) | 22 March 2023, 6–7pm (TBC)
  • Conversation with Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (English) | 24 March 2023, 4:30–5:30pm

Media Partners: ArtReview, formless. p-articles, and Ocula 

Graphic Design: MAJO

Asia Art Archive is a Cultural Partner of Art Basel Hong Kong. 

  Accepted  2023-03-23 09:46

*This program is subject to change by the Organizer's reasons, so please refer to the website or the Organizer's notice for more information.
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