Artist's works speak of Hong Kong society's dysfunctions
British-Nigerian man addresses city's greed and obsession with luxury goods through his art
While Hong Kong is one of the world's wealthiest cities, a fifth of its population is classed as poor, and more than 1.3 million of its people live in poverty.
This is just one of the startling contradictions that Yinka Shonibare attempts to address as he unveils his first exhibition here.
"It's one aspect of human nature we are all familiar with, and that's greed," says the British-Nigerian contemporary artist known for his works on cultural identity. "We are all greedy, and we all like cake."
Shonibare, 51, was referring to one of his works, Cake Man, a life-size figure balancing a dozen cakes on its back.
For him, it represents a damning indictment of the banking industry - anonymous people contributing to the 2008 financial crisis - an inspiration for his work as a "pure expression of greed".
Shonibare's exhibition, Dreaming Rich, unveils a thought-provoking critique on the modern day excesses, greed and inequalities infecting the city as the poor get poorer.