Defying the Norm

These exhibitions reveal how artists across cultures have challenged aesthetic and social conventions

By Zabrina Lo

SIMON LEE GALLERY Valentina Liernur: Juro Que Until August 7 Argentinian artist Valentina Liernur explores how materials can be used to achieve new effects in paintings. She often works with denim and gabardine, and shifts between abstraction and figuration to play with oil paint’s mark-making quality on unconventional canvases. This exhibition is her debut show with the gallery and her first presentation in Asia. simonleegallery.com CRAFTS ON PEEL Creations Enlivened: Metal Until July 24 This exhibition is dedicated to metal. Contemporary artists and craftsmen from Hong Kong and Japan have worked with materials such as copper, brass, silver and galvanised iron to create pieces that combine traditional craft skills with contemporary aesthetics. On show are incense burners, doorknobs, sake cups, alembic copper stills and musical instruments, as well as a…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2021

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