East Contemporary

Pearl Lam, Hong Kong, Pedder Building: “Form, Gesture, Feeling” Robert Motherwell 1915-1991

Hong Kong, 9 September – 6 November, 2015, http://www.pearllam.com

Exhibition of one of the noted American abstract expressionist painter’s works. Abstract expressionism, the first ‘truly American’ style got a different flavor since its role as CIA’s cultural weapon during the Cold War has been confirmed. While the exhibition covered a period from the 1940’s until 1980’s most of the larger size works were from the 70’s or 80’s, i.e. the later stages of the artist’s career.IMG_20150918_120331

Motherwell’s works on display strangely hovered between free gesticulation and much more orderly geometric shapes, with one small yellow work even reminiscent of Paul Klee line-mosaic. IMG_20150918_120732

Hung on the all-white walls, the works looked isolated and lonely, like wares in an under-supplied supermarket.

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The highlight of the show: Two big yellow canvases, both very similar, with a dent outlined in black lines in the top middle of the canvas: One titled “The Mexican Window” and the other “The Great Wall of China”…

IMG_20150918_120456 The Great Wall of ChinaIMG_20150918_120403

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