Glimpses from Art HK 2012.3

To me, one of the fascinations of a mammoth art fair is that we can find the works of different artists set against one other side by side. The tension between the  juxtaposition of very different art works at such close quarters to each other will somehow enhance the intensity of the sensation and feelings set in motion by such works.

This is an "untitled" work by Aaron Young 2011. Would you believe it? It's done on burnt rubber, motor and acrylic on aluminium !

This is a ( two?) pair(s) of hand, clasped together in unison and at the end of the one forearm, there is a house. I forgot who the artist is.  Is it by Louise Bourgeois?

Dangling in front of Andy Warhol's Flowers, 1964 done on a silk screen on canvas is one of Alexander Calder's mobile sculptures  called Fleurs Jaunes (Yellow Flowers"  1963.

Next we got Tony Cragg's "Group 2011", a pile of shell like "rocks" in lush yellow.

Here we have another one of Michael Joo's works. It's called "improved Rack" 2012 and consists of a pair of deer's antlers broken into sections with the directions of the original "branches" changed in the interest of "form" and mounted on stainless steel, a marriage of the natural and the artificial.

This one of Gary Hume's works called  "Horizon", 2011. He's is famous for simplified patterns, sensuous colors and often shiny surfaces.

Here we have Piotr Ulanki's Untitled (Midsummer Night's Dream), 2011 consisting of pottery and mortar and aluminium: a figure lying amidst bottles, bowls and urns.




Also on the floor is Korean artist Haegue Yang's "Can cosies Pyaramid--Roseform 340 g Copper 2012". a combination of geometric patterns, traditional Korean door carving and 378 cans of cooked meat.

Then we have this smooth glass-like fabrication by Anish Kapoor who likes to experiment with all kinds of shiny and reflective surfaces.

Another one of his works both "untitled".

Then we have Donald Judd's untitled work 1987, aluminium with colored plexiglas .He is a mininalist.




Then in contrast, we have this work by another artist whose name I did not record. Here's its all folds and apparent chaos.

Next we have a tongue-in-cheek work called "Limited Art Project" by Yan Lei. There we find a wooden box mounted on metal frame and an invitation to go inside. We have to lower our heads and then find ourselves inside an enclosed space of the inverted "box" whose four walls are lined with different photographs of various "artistic" subjects from China, Korea, America from serious to pop art from in a typical "post-modern" jumble and we are permitted to have a "peep" into his very private and "personal" world.

The photos on one of the walls.

The photos on another wall.

The photos on a third wall.

I didn't take down the name of this artist. What is he/she trying to show? That in the contemporary world our faces have melted like wax into an amorphous blob  with a hot brain but cold inside?

Then we have this little boy/girl (?) with a skate board for self-propelled speed motion on the ground on his/her back contemplating death. A work by Alexander Seton?