This month’s showcases feature artists and photographers who have fundamentally changed the cultural scene and conversation on gender
From Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose work deals with wartime trauma and her experience at a psychiatry hospital, to New York photographer Diane Arbus, known for her intimate shots of strippers and acrobats that thrusted photography into the fine art scene, and even a former French president’s daughter, this month’s exhibitions has brought some of the biggest names in the art world to Hong Kong.
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1. LGDR & Wei: Sweet Spot
Baltimore-born and Brooklyn-based visual and performance artist Derrick Adams is known for exploring his Black identity by referencing themes, patterns and motifs from American Black culture in his work. His art spans paintings, sculptures, collages, sound installations, videos, performances and fashion. This exhibition presents work from his latest series: Motion Picture Paintings, which is inspired by the artist’s observations and memories of Black films in the 1990s.
From November 10 to December 15, 2022. LGDR & Wei, 2 Ice House Street, Central. Find out more at lgdr.com