Hong Kong

 Still from Jes Fan, Palimpsest , 2023. All images courtesy: the artist and Empty Gallery

Still from Jes Fan, Palimpsest, 2023. All images courtesy: the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong

In Jes Fan’s glass-and-resin sculptures at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, a local pearl oyster embodies the island’s long-running struggle against the conspiracies of empire.

Album cover of Xper.Xr, … … …. .. (2002)

"Tailwhip" shows off (occasinally bloody) ephemera from Xper.Xr’s three decades of activity in the industrial noise music and anti-art realms, offering a rare window into Hong Kong's poorly-documented underground scene.

 All images: Screen grabs from Yuchen Chang’s iPhone, February 2020, Courtesy of the artist

All images: Screen grabs from Yuchen Chang’s iPhone, February 2020, Courtesy of the artist

An art market in limbo forces considerations of what art means today.