Hong Kong, June 11 – August 21, 2016, http:// www.para-site.org.hk The show surveyed Chinese art of the last two decades that stood on the sidelines of the official (art market) narrative of political pop and cynical realism. The artworks presented in the show link to the everyday directly, circumventing stereotypical pop imagery and instead telling…
Hong Kong, March 19 – May 29, 2016 http://www.para-site.org.hk The main theme of the exhibition was the population of domestic workers in Hong Kong, as well as the more general topic of economic migration throughout the Asian region. The exhibition was quality and dense, as can be expected at Para Site. It took time to…
Hong Kong, December 12, 2015 – March 06, 2015, http://www.para-site.org.hk Artists: Robert Motherwell, Bruce Nauman, Tomie Ohtake, and Tang Chang, Curators: Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero My first reaction upon entering the show was: Finally a dignified display of Robert Motherwell’s works! This exclamation came mainly as a reaction to the previous ‘home’ of these…
May 30 – July 19, 2015; Para Site, 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Sheela Gowda is a well-established artist from India, who participated in major biennials and exhibitions. The exhibition is only titled only by the artist’s name and it surveys a rather broad range of works and…
Para Site: A Hundred Years of Shame – Songs of Resistance and Scenarios for Chinese Nations. Mar 06 – May 10, 2015, 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (link) The inaugural show in Para Site’s new space opened yesterday. The title of the show followed the established format of…
Ten Million Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong. Para Site, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, 5/10-8/10/2014, & other locations (only ‘till 5/25/2014) The title of the show seemed a bit too schematic, but once visiting the show I have to concur I was mistaken. The show spread out of the Para Site space…
1 March – 20 April 2014, Para Site, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Para Site is one of the longest-standing art spaces in Hong Kong and as such it does not need much introduction. I have written about Para Site previously and most recently I was slightly complaining about the well made…
(1/8/2014) G/F, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, http://www.para-site.org.hk Clare Butcher was a curator-in-residence at Para Site Art Space. Her project: Researching on the 1997 2nd – and last – Johannesburg Biennale of Contemporary Art. One section of the Biennale titled “Hong Kong etc…” curated by Hou Hanru brought her to Hong Kong. Clare Butcher…
(11/22/2013-9/2/2014) G/F, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, http://www.para-site.org.hk A research-based exhibition looking at the origins of ‘performative’ anti-art in the three countries mentioned in the title of the show. As a concept, this is definitely a worthy endeavor to undertake. And I definitely got some new information from what was on display. But I…
(9/15 – 11/10/2013) http://www.para-site.org.hk/ After a plague-themed exhibition in the summer, Para/site is showing a death-themed exhibition in the autumn – that was my first thought when finding out about this show. I was surprised that the exhibition architecture of the space stayed the same as last time. I thought it would be temporary. Given…