HONG KONG, Feb 9 ― Hong Kong's Harbour Arts Sculpture Park has revealed the works it will feature when it opens later this month, bringing world-class art to the city's harbourfront.
Opening from February 22 to April 11, the sculpture park will offer a free exhibition of work by international artists against the background of the Hong Kong skyline.
This week, organisers revealed a list of 19 local and international artists set to participate, including Yayoi Kusama, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Antony Gormley and Zhan Wang. More than a quarter of the artists are from Hong Kong.
Sculptures by participating artists will dot the skyline in the Central and Wan Chai districts of the city, with bran-new works coming from Rasheed Araeen, Tracey Emin, Morgan Wong and Ho Kwun Ting.
Co-curator Fumio Nanjo says an aim of the park is to bring about a greater presence of public art in Hong Kong.
“As Harbour Arts Sculpture Park demonstrates how art can be part of our everyday lives, I believe that a public art project of this quality and scale shall pave the way for more exhibitions of a similar nature in Hong Kong in the future, and will encourage more artists around the world to take part in projects here.”
The full list of particulating artists is as follows:
Rasheed Araeen (UK)
Michael Craig-Martin (UK)
Tracey Emin (UK)
Ho Kwun Ting (HK)
Jenny Holzer (USA)
Gimhongsok (South Korea)
Antony Gormley (UK)
Zheng Guogu (China)
Yayoi Kusama (Japan)
Tony Oursler (USA)
Conrad Shawcross (UK)
Bosco Sodi (Mexico)
Hank Willis Thomas (USA)
Matthew Tsang (HK)
Mark Wallinger (UK)
Zhan Wang (China)
Wong Chi-yung (HK)
Kacey Wong (HK)
and Morgan Wong (HK) ― AFP-Relaxnews
