A white horse, a pair of disembodied feet, and a giant spotted pumpkin. These are just a few of the things you’ll see when you swing by the Harbour Arts Sculpture festival, a temporary display that celebrates public art in Hong Kong.
Featuring 21 sculptures by 19 artists, Hong Kong’s first international sculpture park allows people to experience museum-quality artworks against the backdrop of the Hong Kong skyline.
And the best part? It’s completely free.
International artists to feature in this outdoor exhibition include Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, known in Hong Kong for his controversial naked man statues — and Yayoi Kusama, whose signature giant yellow pumpkin with black spots is a sculpture that is proving popular with visitors and Instagrammers.
The exhibition will also feature work by five local artists including Matthew Tsang’s statue of a pair of disembodied feet, and Kacey Wong’s Asteroids & Comets, which features a set of three-dimensional star maps that visitors can climb into.
Other statues can be found outside the Hong Kong Arts Centre in Wan Chai, and Tamar Park in Admiralty.
The Hong Kong Arts Centre will also produce a dedicated mobile app with detailed information on each of the sculptures and a multilingual audio guide in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.
The exhibition was curated by Fumio Nanjo, director of Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum and the Hong Kong Art School’s International Program, and Tim Marlow, the artistic director at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.
Harbour Arts Sculpture Park is a free event that runs from Thursday, Feb. 22, to Wednesday, Apr. 11. Click here to find out more.
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