Hong Kong: On the Fringe

First published in Sleek magazine

I began my Hong Kong art journey by getting lost somewhere near the ArtisTree gallery in the Quarry Bay residential area, which was hosting an exhibition of the renowned art collector Uli Sigg’s formidable collection of Chinese art. It was pouring down with rain, the mildewed high-rises were wreathed in low cloud. Google Maps led me in circles, past a vegetable market, cheap clothing stores and lunch restaurants where I could only guess at the food on offer. Just as I had given up hope, I found a staircase leading to the entrance of a gleaming office complex, each tower incongruously named after an English county – Cornwall and Devonshire featured. The museum was hidden near the back of the array, past Starbucks and Pret a Manger. ArtisTree was thronged with visitors: 40 Years of Chinese Art was a big draw.  

To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain by Zhang Huan, 1995, M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong, by donation, courtesy of the artist and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority