Curator asks Hong Kong artists for their take on tradition
"Here is Where We Meet" show at Duddell's in Central goes against the grain by letting artists set the agenda
Many curators choose to make statements through their exhibitions, which can be as important as the art itself in the contemporary scene.
However, Duddell's is turning this practice on its head in its "Here is Where We Meet" exhibition. Rather than dictating the agenda, the curator has invited participating artists to offer their take on the theme of tradition.
"Instead of making a statement, this exhibition is more about asking a question — a question of tradition," the show's curator Vivian Poon says. "We posed a question to artists to ask what tradition means to them and their artistic process."
With this question in mind, local artists Chu Hing-wah, Ho Sin-tung, Lee Kit, Lui Chun-kwong, Wilson Shieh Ka-ho and Tsang Hoi-mei will present their artworks in a diversity of mediums. These will include paintings and drawings dating from the 1980s to the present that touch upon different aspects of tradition — culture, language and time.
