Hong Kong Arts Centre presents contemporary Austrian artist Xenia Hausner’s first exhibition in Hong Kong ­­ – Look Left – Look Right: Solo Exhibition of Xenia Hausner this June. The exhibition features Hausner’s recently completed large-scale paintings, with Portraitures base on femininity dominates the oeuvre of Hausner. Through the artist’s untamed brushwork, relationships and stories are brought to life amidst intense colours and imposing compositions, reflecting her ideology towards themes of loneliness, injury, and love.

Many of her paintings incorporate her past travels and journeys in Hong Kong and in greater Asia. In fact, the title of exhibition “Look Left – Look Right” comprises words gleaned from traffic signage printed on roads in Hong Kong. The exhibition will be a celebration of Hong Kong 160th anniversary of diplomatic relation with Austria, as well as a perpetuation of the HKAC’s ongoing efforts in engaging our community with contemporary art from all over the world.

About the artist:

Hausner studied set-designing at the Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She designed the sets for over one hundred theater and opera productions, including some at the Burgtheater in Vienna and Covent Garden in London. Since 1990 she has dedicated herself to painting, graphic and mixed media. Her works have been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums – in New York, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Shanghai etc. In the year 2000 she was awarded the Ernst Barlach Prize. Xenia Hausner currently lives and works in Berlin and Vienna.

-Hong Kong Arts Centre

Image: © Xenia Hausner
Courtesy of the artist and Hong Kong Arts Centre