ART HK 12

We went to ART HK over the weekend - it's now in its fifth year and I don't know why we've never been before. It's the largest art event in Asia and widely acknowledged as an important platform for networking in the international art community, bringing together leading collectors, curators, artists and galleries from across Asia and the rest of the world.

There was a very extensive display of art, and as I was walking through the halls, I was thinking poor, poor curators. It must be a nightmare to curate this exhibition. The sheer amount of art, and the massive displays and installations, I can't help but think the curators must have harnessed in hundreds of gnomes to work through the night for months on end. Even the logistics is unthinkable - how do you move such art around?

I really enjoyed the exhibition, save for my aching feet (I concede that I simply cannot walk for hours on end anymore). Being surrounded by so much creativity and art, much of which is bizarre and subject to personal interpretation, reminds my little mind to be magnified - that there are so many different possibilities, so many different ways to view the world, so many different ways to pull things together and make it something great. 

This is one of my favorite pieces - I like it because the idea is so simple, and constructed with such simplistic materials. These are plastic pieces coated with enamel with metal nails on wood. 

Here's the first piece that caught my son's eye - he said 'What's this?'

And then he saw this and shouted 'Where're the eyes?'

He was curious about this one - made of a used shipping container and constructed to emulate a diamond, with constantly changing light emanating from within.

He was mesmerised by this and stood still for a full 5 minutes watching it: a massive floor to ceiling Venus fly trap that opened and shut every few seconds.

This one's interesting - it's a hanging sculpture made of hair. Up close though, it looks like the tufts of hair that gets caught in brooms, all melded up with dust and dirt - yikes!

Some other pieces that caught my eye: