WIN TICKETS TO ART HK 10
ART LOVERS- here's your chance to win complimentary tickets to ART HK 10- Asia's largest, most exciting and prestigious art fair to date.
Click here for event details:
http://www.hiphongkong.com/calendar/art/2010_05_27/hk_art_fair_2010
The first 50 respondents will receive tickets. Simply answer one of the following questions:
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
(this can be a street, gallery, cafe, neighborhood etc...)
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
4. Why is art relevant/ important to Hong Kong?
Send your reply to infohhk@yahoo.com
Respondents can pick up their tickets at the Hiphongkong office in Central. We will give you the address via email.
Comments
1. My favorite place for art is Sham Shui Po/Mongkok. There are all these crazy street signs, you can drink snake liquor, look at goldfish. Somehow I find the visuals of old Hong Kong inspiring.
There are also camera shops there, vintage old radios and bric a brac stuff you can turn into art. There are places to buy fabric and stuff to make your own jewelry, accessories and clothes. It's a very creative place.
2. My favorite Hong Kong based artists are L1ES One- cause I love the spirit of graffiti and street art. I also recently discovered the DimmSumm.com team. They take photos, make music from street sounds and do amazing paintings which are Hong Kong inspired.
3.Hong Kong seems to be a place to sell art, not create art. Artists need to be more bold and daring and stage more imaginative happenings- protests, interactive exhibits, performance art. The whole city needs a few muses or pioneers to stimulate out-of-the-box thinking
4. Art is important firstly because it's visual. It beautifies a place and delights the eye. It's also important because of the inspiration it gives people. An art piece gives people something to think about, something to react to- interesting art always evokes emotion.
Art is important to HK because it gives us a different perspective and way of considering something we would normally not think about. Art is important because it fosters new thought, diversity and can catalyze understanding where there may have been a void before.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Hollywood road & Pottinger Street, where lots of galleries located.
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Man Fung-Yi. I love her woven work which explore the theme of feminism.
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Art shouldn't be restricted to a certain place. It can be performed everywhere and in different forms.
4. Why is art relevant/ important to Hong Kong?
It gives taste and inspiration to life.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
K11 arcade in TST, the environmental design, overall atmosphere and the experience.
Why is art relevant/ important to Hong Kong?
Art is important in Hong Kong as it is a necessary creative outlet and form of expression for people. Especially so in Hong Kong where everything is measured by $, that art gives us perspective and a way to appreciate beauty in creativity and different forms of expression.
I believe it's going to be great
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Streets, and street art in Central and Mongkok,
Galleries in Soho
AND THE ART FAIR
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Simon Birch, Expo in QB is great, a nice vision of modern and contemporary art
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
More events... educate HK people to art not only to hang seng!
4. Why is art relevant/ important to Hong Kong?
We all need art if not we are robot with no feelings...
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Hollywood Road
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Wei Leng Tay. Her photos capture the real Hong Kong
3.What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
More promotions and events
4.Why is art relevant/ important to Hong Kong?
Keeps Hong Kong cosmopolitan
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Street Art. It can reflect one city's culture. And, it can be a symbol. Different from art in gallery, artists are not restricted by space and place.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong? Osage Kwun Tong, and The Artists Cattle Depot Village in Kowloon
(this can be a street, gallery, cafe, neighborhood etc...)
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why? Simon Birch: technically he uses a palette knife like no other Artist i've seen, he captures movement and light in such a dramatic way. This man is revered for his genuine talent as a painter, personally he's been through it and has emerged triumphant! An inspiration in so many ways...
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong? Encourage and nurture it through Schools and HK wide competitions. Re-educate parents who believe that the only 'real' world of work here involves the financial or Industrial sector
4. Why is art relevant/ important to Hong Kong?
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
Steve Jobs quotes (American Entrepreneur Apple co-Founder, b.1955)
We pride ourselves for living in such a dynamic city...therefore we should be forward thinking inhabitants
1. Loving the Hollywood Road/SOHO area for art because there's there's so many galleries in that area & also the occasional installation at Former Married Police Headquarters
2. Favourite HK based artist - Simon Birch for not being afraid to expand the boundaries of HK's art scene - his Hope & Glory project is awesome
3. Provide better support and coverage for artists
4. Art provides an outlet and a form of release away from HK's hectically fast-paced lifestyle - in short, a quick/cheap/easy holiday and one of the most accessible ways to destress and stay sane.
2) The government needs to ensure that art is viewed as a serious subject offered in schools. Encourage people to see art as a means of expression and good for the soul rather just being another investment for the rich.
1. Hollywood Road
2. Simon Birch
3. Space Space Space. Hong Kong needs venues available to artists that allow for installations and large canvas as well as interactive art.
1. Favorite gallery is Opera Gallery. Has gret contemporary art in nice space.
2. Favorite artist is Frances Wong.
3. Improve the scene by having more fairs; outdoor fair w/ local upcoming artists would be great at Peak, or in Victoria Park. There is not enough promoting of local young art.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
(this can be a street, gallery, cafe, neighborhood etc...)
All the little galleries hidden around central and kowloon industrial estate is v inspiring.
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Simon Birch does some great things with conceptual space.
Really taking it over and pushing the limits and taking us into the metaphysical.
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
More are in the public space to draw attention to the fact that there is an active arts scene to the mass population
1. My favorite place for art in HK is Aberdeen street straddling soho/noho. The galleries and cafes there seem to put together great exhibitions featuring diverse works of great currents artists, without it feeling too sterilized or inaccessible.
2. Postumously: Yau Leung - for his amazing eye for beauty and balance while offering strong images to the timeless and evolving social issues and interesting dynamics of Hong Kong.
Living: Simon Birch, because beyond such large conceptual scopes, I feel he is challanging people to question their own definitions of art, while using the opportunities he's been given lately as such a collaborative platform to work with so many other talented individuals.
3. I believe the government could really work hand-in-hand with private ngo foundations to increase the presence of art in public spaces, as well as increasing small grants or bursaries to local artists. Huge endowments are great, but those can focus so singularly on larger projects by fewer artists. There should be more support of the great artists bubbling just below the surface here. (I am not canadian, but Canada's government and their relation to music projects seems like a great example of this.)
1. I love Parasite Art Gallery and Senses 99 because its shows are consistent (ie. Consistent with the themes of art within the realm of urbanism and the city) and its got a very community oriented vibe. Also very underground scene… not too commodified or commercial.
2. Nadim Abbas. Because he’s funny, he’s real. His works are wacky and always tongue in cheek. Even tho he himself takes himself seriously, his art states otherwise.
3. I would love to see more and more underground galleries like parasite and Senses 99 pop up everywhere. Definitely we should attend their openings and go to more shows like this. This would then give HK that arty edge which would then trickle all the way up to the consumer market.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Everywhere: in the park, along the streets, such that it becomes everyday life!
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
hollywood road
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
shin wong - liked her since she was a singer. love her gallery.
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
host event to feature young designers.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Joyce Wong, soprano
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
More public exposure (Streets, MTR…)
Answer (1) – fringe club, agnes b gallery
Answer for questions 1: Opera Gallery
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Hollywood road
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Galen Tse – love his photography
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Make art prices more realistic – I am not a serious buyer and don’t know where the problem lies but it seems that any artist who wants to be taken seriously has to inflate prices, probably to be featured in galleries which pay exorbitant rent.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
my answer : Star Street
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Fringe Club
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Carrie Chau because of her fantasy characters
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Have more art festivals
A3) Adding more colors everywhere (like flowers, trees, decorations, etc.)
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
NOHO
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Him Lo - painter and performance artist. I found his art wroks with the sense of the thought of the Hong Kong common people.
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
More variety, more outreach education, make it merging into everylife, less high end.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
(this can be a street, gallery, cafe, neighborhood etc...)
Answer: Soho
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Rita Ackermann is my favourite artist.
Her work includes paintings,
drawings, T-shirts, a line of underwear, and skateboard design express the
feeling of something extraordinary
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Organize more art events such as art walk and charity art events in special
places such as the old police station on hollywood road.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
(this can be a street, gallery, cafe, neighborhood etc...)
Sin Sin Fine Art
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
ANTOINETTE ROZAN, likes the way she combines her own philosophy with sculpture.
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
while doing the basics (yawn) like attending events, just grab the hottest guy or girl everytime u go 'cause that's for sure will attract ppl to support those events!
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Sheung Wan, the neighborhood itself, Cat Street Gallery is one of my favourites spots
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Wojciech Bendorf-Bundorf, his photography makes you travel, he sees art as a way of enjoying life
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Organize more events, bigger exhibitions dedicated to a particular well recognized artist, create public space
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
The little streets along Soho and Noho. Where the East and the West meets.
Simply enjoyable.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Hollywood Road, Central
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Ken Wong, abstract style
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Integrate art into MTR stations
Favourite place for art in HK: Café Corridor CWB
1. Wanchai. Soho is overrated.
2. 白雙全. He sees the poetry in life. His art is ethereal, but real. Very sensitive observation of the world.
3. HK's Artists need affordable Spaces to make work.
Try and bring out more local artists and host more interesting events like pop-up galleries in places like shopping malls and office lobbies? We're all busy people - if there's an interesting exhibition right in front of me, I'd stop on the way to/from lunch!
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong?
Tram and Queen's Road
2. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Bill Yim,He is my only friend in Hong Kong.
3. What can we do to improve the art scene in Hong Kong?
Keeping the old culture of Hong Kong.
1. What is your favorite place for art in Hong Kong ?
Senses 66, a great café with late night jamming sessions and out of the ordinary art exhibitions.
1) Carrie Chau
2) The government needs to ensure that art is viewed as a serious subject offered in schools. Encourage people to see art as a means of expression and good for the soul rather just being another investment for the rich.
Here is my answer
1. Who is your favorite Hong Kong based artist and why?
Simon Birch coz he's so tall
btw I have to answer only 1 question right?
There should be fun active art auctions of local artists where the money goes towards worthy charities. The art should be priced and sized at an affordable price so that anyone could own a piece of quality local artwork. That way, anyone could participate and appreciate HK art regardless of class, financial level, etc. Killing two birds with one stone- encouraging affordable local art and a charity drive.
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