A sea exhibition in Hong Kong explores our relationship with the ocean, a ‘complex entity’
Through the works of eight artists, a new exhibition at Karin Weber Gallery pays homage to the connection between people and the sea
A bamboo-and-paper sculpture dangles from the ceiling of a gallery. It looks oddly familiar but also like nothing you have ever seen. The claws, tail and body resemble a lobster, but the horned dragon’s head, well, that is where things get a little fuzzy.
Titled Seafood, the whimsical piece is part of “All-Sea: Eight Oceanic Artistic Practices from Southeast Asia and Hong Kong”, an exhibition running until January 17 at Karin Weber Gallery in Central, Hong Kong, that pays homage to the interconnection between the sea and us.
“Having lived by the sea since childhood, I often think of a lobster with a dragon head,” he says. The Mandarin word for lobster is, after all, longxia or “dragon shrimp”.
Curator Caroline Ha Thuc says “All-Sea” invites viewers to reflect on their relationship with the ocean.