The Revolving Cultural Imagery of a New China – a response to the Art HK 2010 新中國新意象?-對2010 香港國際藝術展的一些想法

YIP, Olivia Wai-ka

a work of photography seen at the Art HK 2010

The Art HK has often been a chance for a friends’ reunion of mine every year in late May. It was never a bad idea to gather old friends for an art fair like this and dine at a local hotpot-restaurant with beers afterwards. I did not mean to be critical at first, but the ‘selling’ activities were too overwhelming. With special privilege provided by a friend working in a local gallery, we were able to attend the VIP session of the Art HK 2010. On a more general level of observation, it was the guests in attendance that first caught my attention. Most visitors were extraordinarily well-dressed – they looked as if coming from a world beyond mine. …

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