• Hong Kong Redux

  • Hong Kong Impressions: Re-imagine Our City through Art and Stories

  • Wucius Wong’s Innovations in Ink - Capturing Quintessential Hong Kong


Podcast: Hong Kong Impressions

Mark Barnekow, Executive Director of the University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong joins Professor Josh Yiu, a University of Chicago alumnus and the Director of the Art Museum at The Chinese University of Hong Kong to discuss their joint exhibition “Hong Kong Impressions”.

The exhibit features paintings by such artists as Huang Bore, Lui Shou-kwan, Wucius Wong, Yip Yan-chuen and Zhao Shaoang created from the 1940s through the 1970s. Photographs of Hong Kong are also on display.

Mark and Josh discuss mounting a museum art exhibition during the challenges faced during 2019 and the current COVID-19 crisis.

This interview was commissioned by Contempor’ati and the University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong.

Click the link to the podcast episode:

https://bit.ly/2IRtrED


Seminar

Hong Kong Impressions: Re-imagine Our City through Art and Stories

Once known as the 'Riviera of the Orient,' Hong Kong's natural scenery inspired generations of artists. Trekking to rural areas without the modern convenience of the subway, artists of yesteryear also contributed to the rise of local tourism with their unconventional perspectives on various sites.

Join Mark Barnekow, Professor Josh Yiu and Professor Ian Morley to look at incredible paintings of Hong Kong by both renowned and forgotten artists, and check out their instagram-worthy hideouts.

Date & Time
October 24th 2020, 10:00am (HKT)
October 23rd 2020, 7:00pm (US West Coast) 9:00pm (US Midwest)

Speakers
Prof. Josh Yiu, Director, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mark R. Barnekow, Executive Director, The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong

Moderator
Professor Ian Morley, Associate Professor, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Watch the talk:
https://www.facebook.com/CUHKArts/videos/707023313496584/


Artist Talk

Wucius Wong’s Innovations in Ink - Capturing Quintessential Hong Kong

Mark Barnekow, Executive Director of the University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus Hong Kong and Contempor’ati founder, interviews the artist as the two reflect upon Hong Kong as subject of Wong’s paintings in the 1950s-1970s, the cultural ethos of place, and the emerging artistic influencers and movements in Hong Kong long since past.

In this Yuen Campus Lecture Series program Hong Kong Redux, renowned international artist Wucius Wong is reunited with paintings he created over six decades earlier as he experimented with ink in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong will share his reflections of Hong Kong from a time when the city was transitioning from quaint port town to mega-city. The two will discuss similarities and differences between Hong Kong’s explosive growth and the United States as well as the influences of the post-war American art scene on Wong’s career.

Zoom Launch Date and Time: Thursday, Nov 19, 8:30pm (Watch here for further updates)

Talk Location: University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Hong Kong Campus, The Merlin Lu Reading Room


Organizations

Contempor'ati Studios

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At Contempor'ati we are passionate about engaging deeply with exceptional artists to share their unique perspectives and insights. Our mission is to expand understanding of China’s arts, culture, history, literature and philosophy in the West with the general public, academics and museums. We do that through exhibitions, symposiums, events, writings, art and book donations, readings and lectures.

Recently, Contempor’ati has curated exhibitions in partnership with museums, foundations and other institutions with a focus on our environment, preserving ancient culture and traditions and recording our collective historical and natural memory.

We enjoy pairing Chinese and Western artists to build a bridge to understanding of these important cultures and stir the senses using our unique story telling approach.

Contempor’ati is an IRS approved 501 (c) (3) corporation.

www.contemporati.com

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(852) 9168-0129, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong

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