Ink Subversion: Through Gender Lenses
We are deeply honoured to be once again one of the Cultural Partners of Art Basel Hong Kong this year. Aside from having a HKBU representative booth at Art Basel in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 28 to 30 March 2024, we are excited to have an Art Basel parallel exhibition titled "Ink Subversion: Through Gender Lenses" at Kai Tak Campus.
Ink Subversion: Through Gender Lenses Exhibition Description
We are deeply honoured to be once again one of the Cultural Partners of Art Basel Hong Kong this year. Aside from having a HKBU representative booth at Art Basel in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 28 to 30 March 2024, we are excited to have an Art Basel parallel exhibition titled "Ink Subversion: Through Gender Lenses" at Kai Tak Campus.

Can we subvert tradition with tradition itself? How can we intervene in the tradition of Chinese ink art through the lenses of gender? This exhibition proposes and attempts to answer these questions by featuring the ink and multi-media artworks of the Beijing-based female ink artist PENG Wei (HKBU’s Institute of Creativity Distinguished Visitor 2023-24) in dialogues with the latest selection of six artists from HKBU’s Academy of Visual Arts. It presents new dimensions of contemporary ink art in Mainland China and Hong Kong that incorporate individual responses to varied gender issues into the long-term male-dominated form of Chinese art – ink painting and calligraphy. It aims to bring innovative themes, new conversations, and young energy to the contemporary practice of ink art and its culture. Besides ink painting and calligraphy on paper or silk, it involves various other media, including photography, performance art, video, animation, fabric, glass, installations, etc., that borrow, reflect on, and revise the ideas from ink art and culture, which generates discussion on the boundaries of contemporary ink art. It explores challenging and subverting Chinese gender stereotypes and constructedness by embracing and negotiating the practice and concepts from the ink art tradition.

Participating Artists:
Peng Wei 
AVA Artists: Lau Chak Kwong, Leung Tsz Yung, Liu Xinyi, Liu Yee Kei, Sunny Wang, Wong Shun Yu Ella
 
Curator: Wang Yizhou 
Curatorial Team: Ng Cheuk Tone, Mayo Tsz Yan, So Ming Lee, Tse Ka Yan 
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024 Cultural Partnership Coordinator: Evelyn Kwok 
Graphic Design: Wen Ching Yiu
 
Remarks: Free admission by registration