If you're looking for mental stimulation this holiday, spend a few hours digesting the entries in this year's Hong Kong Art Biennial exhibition, which opens today at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
The exhibition gives a good sense of the art being produced in Hong Kong today.
The organisers received 1,544 entries this year, out of which 231 works were selected by eight local judges. A panel of international and local judges then chose the 109 works by 86 artists now on display.
Out of 10 possible prizes for excellence, only six were awarded this year. Two of these were for traditional Chinese art forms - calligraphy and seal carving and painting - while the others were for photography, video and installation.
Zheng Bo's Family History Book (installation) and Cedric Maridet's Huangpu (video and digital art) are two of the judges' favourites.
Zheng's work is an interesting blend of old and new, personal and social. The installation comprises video footage and a book in which members of his family talk about their history.
