The AVA is 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 26 to 30 March 2025, we are excited to present the exhibition "Paperscape". We have brought together the talents of 15 artists—both emerging and established—spanning from Asia to Europe. The exhibition fosters a trans-cultural and trans-historical discourse centered on the materiality of paper throughout Hong Kong Art Month.
We are 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 26 to 30 March 2025, we are excited to present the exhibition "Paperscape". We have brought together the talents of 15 artists—both emerging and established—spanning from Asia to Europe. The exhibition fosters a trans-cultural and trans-historical discourse centered on the materiality of paper throughout Hong Kong Art Month.
Could paper become an individual art medium and go beyond its common use as a support material and surface for writing, drawing, painting, printing, wrapping, etc.? Paper, a flexible and affordable medium, has been utilised in our daily life as tissues, money, books, letters, tickets, receipts, and so forth, as well as metaphors in different cultures. In Asia, paper has been often used as offerings at funerals, as clothing, as windows and doors in houses, and as talismans in ritual or religious contexts. In a digital age when the significant functions of paper, especially writing, have gradually diminished or been replaced, could the contemporary art of paper foster our (re)connections with paper and its cultural, intellectual, and spiritual significance in the past?
This exhibition, featuring the artworks of 15 contemporary artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, presents a three-dimensional, multisensory, and affective “paperscape” that resonates and contrasts with the simple and pure form of paper. It evokes our original sensations for paper and our memories about it, along with the stories embedded within. It explores the inherent quality of paper as a medium that naturally stimulates a dialogue between textual and visual languages. It also negotiates the artisanal identity of paper art and its association with folk art.
Artists
Markéta ADAMCOVÁ, CHAN Hoi Shan, HUO Yun, Juri HWANG, LEUNG Cheuk Ying Sofie, LEUNG Tsz Yung, LEUNG Yuen Shan, LI Wing Yuet, Augustine PAREDES, PHẠM Nguyen Anh Tú, Lulu Leika RAVN LIEP, SHUM Kwan Yi, TSE Wai Ling, WAI Pong Yu, YANG Wei
Curators
WANG Yizhou, YANG Tong
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