In the Show – 22nd November 2011
For people with disabilities, art can be a particularly important way to communicate with other people. In upcoming shows we’ll be looking at the role different forms of art play in the lives of some individuals with disabilities. We begin this week with visual artists Lee Hill-hei and Cherie Yeung.
On Wednesday of next week there’s an auction of art by the disabled in Hong Kong. It’s arranged by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Treasure Auctioneers. Funds raised will help to give more people with disabilities access to the arts and to creativity.
French photographer Gerard Rancinan regards himself as a “witness of the metamorphoses of humanity”. Through his photographs he wants to show how society is, and to draw connections between classic art and contemporary reality. Although Rancinan’s journalistic images earned him plenty of recognition, including four prestigious World Press Awards, he has now decided to pursue fine art photography.
To close the recent World Cultures Festival, Enchanting Arts of Asia, last weekend Britain-based dancer Akram Khan treated Hong Kong to the Asian premier of his solo dance “Desh”. In the dance he examines his relationship with the culture of his parents and ancestors in Bangladesh.
We end this week’s show with the work of Tilo Kaiser, a Frankfurt -born artist who currently lives in London. The exhibition “Poetry in Motion” is on show at the Sin Sin Fine Art gallery until the 2nd December.
