Asia Hotel Art Fair Hong Kong 2013

I have no idea that artworks can be presented in such a wonderful place! I’m so lucky that I was able to visit the Asia Hotel Art Fair 2013 which was held in a high ranked hotel, Madarin Oriental Hotel. This was an incredible experience! I really felt like I became one of the rich people who may not know what art is or even have no interest in art but just go there and enjoy being so-called artistic. Haha. : ) Anyway, I felt cool about having the chance to visit this art fair.

 

Let me further share with you all what spring up in my mind when I paid visit to the art fair.

 

Firstly, most of the artworks shown there can be classified as contemporary artwork for the reason that their style and medium are modern. Here are some of the artworks that I like.

 

(Revenge by Jovial Yeung)

 

I found this interesting because of the materials that the artist used. There is an organ made with glass filled with red liquid which I think is some kind of blood. But on the surface of the organ, there are full of thorns. That depicts the idea of the hurt feeling and suffering of revenge.

 

(Mimita by 漓潱)

 

(The Tasting by Elisabetta Rogal)

 

This painting is made with wine. Yes. WINE! When I first knew it is made with wine, I was not believing it because the painting is so incredible. It looks like an normal painting. The artist is such a genuis. She has an amazing control over wine because the painting has all the detailed parts, like the shadows, the levels and the tone. She is really mastering using wine to do painting. I like this very much!

 

(Napalm by BANKSY)

 

I like the ironic sense of this artwork. It is indicated that Americans are blind about the real world and always ignore the serious matters (like the poor child between Mickey Mouse and Ronald). I really like the ironic idea of this artwork.

 

(Park by Chan gil)

 

Among all the artworks there, the following impresses me the most.

(A Tale of Two Children by Regis Gonzalez)

I choose it because I like its creepy and dark style. I’m always interested in some dark or scary things. Therefore, I was captured by this artwork when I saw it. As for the colour in the painting, the artist kept the whole picture having a dark tone, including the skin and the face of the children and the clothes of them. In addition, I like the creepy facial expression of the children. They really gave me chill. We can see that the girl has no legs or they’re covered by the boy. Together with the thrilling bird head, the whole picture is able to give me chill. The whole package of this artwork is so engrossing for me. It can make me feel thrilled. I think the artist knows how to capture the sense of horror without showing explicit content. Hence, I like this artwork.


 

 

(Self Defense by Jovial Yeung)

 

 

When you see this artwork in a front direction, you may not find it impressive. However, when you look it in a sidelong glance, you will find the truth. It is a 3D artwork. In the obverse side, there is a girl holding on her sneers trying to protect herself. We can see that the shadow is obvious. But, on the flank of the artwork, we can find that the shadow is made with some three-dimensional materials which is some kind of thorns. I was impressed by the use of 3D materials in order to express the shadow. I think only contemporary artworks have this kind of interesting gimmick. The media of this artwork gives me a strong feeling that the girl in the artwork is really protecting herself. It is because the girl is full of thorns that no one can be able to touch her or even hurt her. Therefore, the materials or the medium of the artwork are related to the message or the story of the artwork. The media itself is not just simply a media, but a implicit message. That is really great that message and media can be incorporated perfectly in this artwork. It shows a good example of how interesting contemporary artwork could be.

Lastly, the artworks presented in the art fair are all very expensive. The art fair is kind of a artwork selling event. This is a valuable experience to see so many great work in such a nice hotel. Visitors dressed up decently. I can see that they enjoyed seeing artwork so much. They may not know much about art. But they treat the fair as a social event to show off their social status. This event really makes me think more about the meaning or the purpose of art. I hate it when art becomes commercial. I hate it when art is used to make money. But if art is not allowed to make money, who still be willing to do artwork? No one. I guess no one can say artwork should not be related to making money.