Greg McNamara is launching his own art space, McNamara Art Projects, where he'll be bringing groundbreaking artworks to Hong Kong
“I want to show art you won’t see in galleries like those in Pedder Building. Cutting-edge. Daring. That’s the idea I’m going for.” Greg McNamara doesn’t waste time on pleasantries when we meet in Wong Chuk Hang on a sunny autumn afternoon. The Hong Kong-born, UK-educated art collector and entrepreneur is eager to get straight to the point. His directness is captivating, and it’s easy to see why he has developed a reputation as one of the most dynamic forces in the city’s new generation of young art professionals.
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We’re walking around a light-filled space on the second floor of a gritty warehouse building. Large paintings, miniatures and sculptures of varied sizes—the works of contemporary artists such as Japan’s Nobuyoshi Araki & Hiroshi Sugimoto, and South Korea’s Jisan Ahn—accent the different rooms.
For the past two years, this has been the office from which Greg runs his independent consultancy and curatorial platform, McNamara Art Projects. Working with property developer Hongkong Land, the 28-year-old has brought large-scale, immersive exhibitions by artists such as British sculptor Lynn Chadwick and France’s Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne to the city’s public spaces, from Landmark Atrium to the Rotunda at Exchange Square and Jardine House, to engage the art world with wider audiences.