LOCAL HEROES

Exhibiting everything from traditional black-and-white photography to conceptual artworks that investigate what it means to be human, Hong Kong’s homegrown galleries are pulling out all the stops this month

WORDS: LEANNE MIRANDILLA

EMPTY GALLERY Tishan Hsu and Cici Wu In the 1980s, Chinese-American artist Tishan Hsu was pushing the envelope with cyberpunk art that explored how emerging technologies affected art and humanity. Then, in the following decade, he disappeared from the public eye, only to reemerge last year with even more ambitious pieces. This exhibition features Hsu’s latest works, which were inspired by the artist’s research into his family history, some details of which were lost in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution. Concurrently, Empty Gallery is also showing an exhibition of works by Beijing-born, New York-based artist Cici Wu. March 26 to May 25. 18–19/F Grand Marine Centre, 3 Yue Fung St, Tin Wan, 2563 3396. emptygallery.com 10 CHANCERY LANE GALLERY Stars Will Forever Be Stars In 1979, a group of self-taught artists in Mainland China named the…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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