Monday
May102010

Bristle Fashion - Thomas Heatherwick's UK Pavilion

Photography: Virgile Simon Bertrand

Writer: Tessa Thorniley

Wallpaper previews Thomas Heatherwick's extraordinary, ethereal structure built for the Shanghai Expo.

 

Wallpaper May 2010

 

Monday
May102010

Stately Interiors: Candida Höfer - Davina Lee

An article which takes a look at Candida Höfer's early work, monochrome photographs of Turkish immigrants in Germany and how these images connect with the interiors for which she is famous.

Hong Kong Tatler May 2010

 

Monday
May102010

What's Not to Like? Looking Through Film - Traces of Cinema and Self-Constructs in Contemporary Art

To say why we like it would take too long.  So here it is.  In bullet points.

  • Survey of contemporary video from China and Taiwan 
  • Ambitious.  Unpretentious

We like:-

  • Ye Linghan - One Part of Narrative Film 3
  • Jun Yang - A Short-Story on Forgetting and Remembering Film
  • Zhao Liang - Sleeper
  • Zhang Peili - Happiness 

 What else?

  • Jean Prové-esque Starbucks
  • Trees and fresh air

OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum

Curators Dong Bing Feng, Du Qingchun, Chienhung Huang, Zhu Zhu

Enping Street, Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Until 10th June 2010 

10.00am - 5.30pm

www.ocat.com.cn

 

Monday
May032010

What's Not to Like? Memory of the Forest by Kacey Wong & Students

To say why we like it would take too long.  So here it is.  In bullet points. 

  • Memory of the Forest, a project commissioned by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation
  • Collaboration between Kacey Wong and school students conveys the catastrophic consequences of deforestation
  • A series of large scale wooden structures made from waste wood depicting the maimed forms of animals.
  • Hollow, fire-blackened interiors allowing the visitor to literally see through the eyes of the animal.
  • Opens 4 May until 23 May 2010

 Central Star Ferry Piers, Pier 8, Hong Kong

Thursday
Apr292010

The Instinctive Moment - Marc Riboud 50 Year Photography Retrospective

Marc Riboud needs no introduction as one of the foremost documenters of the People's Republic of China.

The exhibition will be part of Le French May in Hong Kong and begins on 30 April until 16 May 2010. Looking forward to seeing some of the promised unpublished works...

Hong Kong City Hall, Exhibition Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong 

Until 16 May 2010

11.00-20.00 daily