Beyond Fragmentation:
The Art of Dissociation
漫漫碎

July 6 - August 3, 2024

Grotto SKW - 2/f, East 17, No. 17 Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong
Mon-Sat, 11 am - 6pm (closed on Sun and p.h.)

This exhibition examines the dramatic evolution of landscape art in Hong Kong during the first two decades of the new century.  Featuring works by contemporary artists alongside classical works, it presents the complex narrative of an entirely new art system that emerged in the city, independent of official designation or traditional notion of lineage. In the eyes of classical Chinese scholars, the perception of landscape represents the absolute pinnacle.  Yet such standards were challenged and redefined when Hong Kong artists found a new interest in innovations rather than integrations, association not assimilation.  Of particular interest were productions during the Post-Covid era.  After three years of isolation, restrictions, and separation, this momentous transition saw many of the movements that characterized traditional Chinese art, particularly landscape, fall by the wayside; while established artists continued to exert influence, young artists born in the new millennium began to express a new and highly original sensibility, based on personal experience and radical experimentation, that confronted the increasing fragmentation of society.  Fragmentation, to this generation, goes beyond visually or physically breaking apart; it is an internal and philosophical “dissociation” that generates a new artistic genre. This exhibition showcases works by the following artists:

Bouie CHOI
CHAN Kwan-lok
HUNG Fai
HUNG Hoi
KOON Wai-bong
LING Pui-sze
SHAM Kwan-yi
LAM Yau-sum
Tammy TAM Tip-yin
CHAN Man-yin