From urban grime to nature sublime, artist makes everyday Hong Kong extraordinary
Upcoming photography exhibition Finding Inner Space by Hong Kong-based, Philippine-born artist Janet Pancho Gupta mixes colourful, up-close images with stark black and whites of city life
Hong Kong-based artist Janet Pancho Gupta has focused on everyday life for her latest photography exhibition, “Finding Inner Space”.
To be held from May 9 to June 4 at the Culture Club Gallery in Central, the show, says Gupta, is a documentary of her life as a woman, wife, mother and painter. “It’s about finding those moments alone to collect one’s thoughts and ideas. Some images I took while grocery shopping or walking the dog – whenever I had free time to discover new places.”
The result is a beautiful mix of up-close images of flowers and insects – many taken near her home in Hong Kong’s New Territories – and black-and-white images that capture the starkness of urban life.
“My urban images reflect daily life and my longing for balance and order. I’m driven to shoot symmetry, geometrical style of perspective, and minimalism.”