AHAF Hong Kong 2014 will overcome the challenges of limited space and shortened exhibition periods often associated with exhibitions held in hotels by extending the Fair to large–scaled shopping mall, “Harbour City”. Mega art installations, sculpture works, paintings and photographs by representative Asian contemporary artists from Korea, Japan and Taiwan among others will be displayed at Harbour City, with free admission to the public.

Chair of Understanding by Lee Eunsook at Ocean Terminal Forecourt:

Well known light and textile Korean artist Ms Lee Eunsook feels that modern society blocks true communication and takes relaxation from people, so she has tailor-made ONE giant chair and several benches to provide a chance for the public to rest and communicate with each other. The size of the giant chair will be around 3.5M (H) x 5M (L) x 5M (W), and both it and the benches are fashioned from hundreds of smaller polyester chairs installed with black light. The public can freely walk under the giant chair. This will be her first exhibition held in Hong Kong.

S氏 Collection: Nostalgia by Ueda Shoji @ Gallery by the Harbour:

Gallery by the Harbour will display a series of black & white ORIGINAL photographs taken by one of the most influential Japanese photographers, Shoji Ueda (1913-2000) over a series of decades. All of them are collector items from the Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography in Houki-cho. Shoji Ueda is famous for combining surrealist compositional elements with realistic depictions in his photographs. His conception of this art form was closely linked to his sense of humour, his highly aesthetic approach, and to his enormous curiosity about the small things of everyday life. This is the first time that these images have been exhibited in Hong Kong.

A Long Journey by Cheung Wook Jang @ Atrium II, Gateway Arcade:

The thin legs of the animals are one of the key elements in Korean Artist CHEUNG Wook-jang's sculptures. His signature sculpture “A Long Journey - Camels” consists of three stainless steel camels at five meters height. Their extremely skinny legs contrasting with their disproportionally bigger bodies, creates a feeling of unease and instability amongst the audience whilst the medium of stainless steel adds to the mysterious beauty of the sculpture. There will also be stainless steel eggs around the legs of the camels that may be interpreted as the future and a beginning of the lifelong journey. This will be his first exhibition held in Hong Kong.

A Walking Mousy by No2Good @ Atrium I, Gateway Arcade:

Renowned graphic and figurine Taiwanese Artist No2Good will set up a 2 meter tall “Mousy” figurine. The seemingly pure, humorous, child-like images of “Mousy” with their dazzling colors and exaggerated forms are among No2Good’s most representative works, for they seem to represent an archetypical image of No2Good’s memory of childhood. The enormous ears are for politely heeding adults’ words, but since he often didn’t listen, he was punished; having been injured, he has to wear a band-aid. His enormous eyes are filled with curiosity about the world, but with so much pressure at school and after reading so many books, he has become completely myopic.

Image: © Lee Eunsook
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