Digital Archive - New Horizons: Ways of Seeing Hong Kong Art in the 80s and 90s: two-year research: Digital Archive with over 20 Artists Interviews, digitized research findings, images, videos, e-publication

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Abstract

This research project examines the crucial turning points, new trends and sensibilities in contemporary art in Hong Kong during the 1980s and 1990s. Taking the curator's experiences as a point of departure, the project sheds light on the creative breakthroughs of young local artists in different mediums including installation art, new media and photography, which ushered in the rise of new artistic experimentation and formats. In addition to the showcase of artworks by eight representative artists and artist collectives, the exhibition features a restaging of iconic art spaces of the time, as well as an archival section, re-presenting the significant shifts in Hong Kong’s art scene during the era.

Participating artists include Choi Yan-chi, the founding members and the second generation of Para/Site (Patrick Lee Chee-fong, Leung Chi-wo, Leung Mee-ping, Phoebe Man Ching-ying, Tsang Tak-ping, Sara Wong Chi-hang and Anthony Leung Po-shan), May Fung, Ellen Pau, Chan Yuk-keung, the co-founders of NuNaHeDuo (Lee K
Original languageEnglish
Place of Publicationonline
PublisherHong Kong Museum of Art
Editionfirst
Media of outputOnline
Sizeentire digital archive
Publication statusPublished - 19 Aug 2024

User-Defined Keywords

  • Hong kong Art
  • Contemporary Art
  • Art History
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • New Horizons
  • ways of seeing
  • research
  • interviews
  • exhibition-making
  • Hong Kong Museum of Art
  • art exhibition

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