Art Basel Hong Kong 2021
Wang Keping,Huang Rui,Frog King,Ma Desheng,Laurent Martin "Lo"
21 May,2021
10 CHANCERY LANE GALLERY’S 2021 PARTICIPATION IN ART BASEL HK CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AT 10 CHANCERY LANE GALLERY
FEATURING FROG KING KWOK AND WORKS BY HUANG RUI, MA DESHENG, WANG KEPING, JOHN YOUNG ZERUNGE, DINH Q. LE AND LAURENT MARTIN “LO”
(BOOTH 1D32)
The eccentric and vibrant Frog King Kwok (Kwok Mang Ho) is an indomitable Hong Kong artist and is one of the most important figures in the history of contemporary art in in the city. He was a pioneer to experiment in performance and conceptual practices in Hong Kong and China as early as the 1970s and was the Hong Kong artist for the 54th Venice Biennale. On the tail of his inaugural exhibition at the newly renovated Hong Kong Museum of Art, 10 Chancery Lane presents a solo section of the booth of Frog King in an immersive space to engage the audience into the Frog King world.
Celebrating in 2021 20 years of 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, we will also exhibit gallery revered artists Chinese “Star’s Group” artists Wang Keping, Huang Rui and Ma Desheng, Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê, Hong Kong born Australia-based artist John Young Zerunge and new to the gallery with his bamboo mobiles Laurent Martin “Lo.”
Frog King Kwok (Kwok Mang Ho b. 1947) is one of Hong Kong’s earliest conceptual artists and a key figure in paving the way for performance art in Asia. Prior to forging new artistic ground within the Hong Kong art scene beginning in the late 1960s, Kwok studied with ink painting master Lui Shou-kwan. Whilst his peers were following the ink medium’s realist traditions, Kwok chose instead to translate ink into a new language by incorporating it into installations, conceptual works, and works he termed in Cantonese as happenings (hark bun lum). In 1980 he moved to New York and became active in the East Village art scene opening the Kwok Gallery in 1982. The vibrant time of Art happenings during the 80s and 90s were explosive where Kwok became the persona Frog King. A few of the artists practicing in New York at that time and were of influence to him were Keith Haring, Tehching (Sam) Hsieh, Carolee Schneemann among others. A firm believer in fully immersing himself—body, mind, and soul—into his artworks and the spaces around them, Kwok is a living embodiment of his practice. He works effortlessly across various disciplines, and has produced innumerable paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, graffiti, happenings, and spontaneous performances throughout his career. In 2011, he represented Hong Kong at the 54th Venice Biennale in an exhibition titled Frogtopia Hongkornucopia.
ABOUT 10 CHANCERY LANE GALLERY
Since 2001, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery is one of Asia’s leading art galleries. With exhibitions that explore both emerging and historically important movements in art in the Asia-Pacific. The gallery continuously keeps its finger on the pulse of contemporary art from the region. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery aims to deliver exhibitions that take time, research and have an impact on the art in the region, as well as promoting contemporary art from Asia internationally.
Founder and Director Katie de Tilly arrived in Hong Kong in 1994 when Chinese and Hong Kong contemporary art, as well as that from most of Asia was yet to come into international focus. With a particular interest in the deep historical, social and cultural context of Hong Kong and China and the development in Asia of its contemporary art scenes, she founded 10 Chancery Lane Gallery in 2001. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery represents emerging, mid-career and established artists from the regiou. In order to help the development of young artists from Hong Kong 10CLG has been organizing “HKForeword” since 2012 giving Hong Kong art graduates their first gallery exhibition. Katie de Tilly is the 2019 recipient of the “Woman of Influence in Arts and Culture” awarded by the American Chamber of Commerce. She was a founding member and former co-President of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association (HKAGA), is on the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) of RMIT University School of Art /Hong Kong Art School. She is a Founding Patron of the West Kowloon Cultural District’s M+ Museum of Visual Culture. And she is heading the HK Artists Residency Abroad Funding Scheme (ARAFS) of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association to help local artists enrich their art exposure and education. She was formerly a board member of the Tate Modern Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee (Tate-APAC)
For press enquiries and to arrange interviews, please contact Ellen Zhuang ellen@10chancerylanegallery.com or +852 2810 0065.
FEATURING FROG KING KWOK AND WORKS BY HUANG RUI, MA DESHENG, WANG KEPING, JOHN YOUNG ZERUNGE, DINH Q. LE AND LAURENT MARTIN “LO”
(BOOTH 1D32)
The eccentric and vibrant Frog King Kwok (Kwok Mang Ho) is an indomitable Hong Kong artist and is one of the most important figures in the history of contemporary art in in the city. He was a pioneer to experiment in performance and conceptual practices in Hong Kong and China as early as the 1970s and was the Hong Kong artist for the 54th Venice Biennale. On the tail of his inaugural exhibition at the newly renovated Hong Kong Museum of Art, 10 Chancery Lane presents a solo section of the booth of Frog King in an immersive space to engage the audience into the Frog King world.
Celebrating in 2021 20 years of 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, we will also exhibit gallery revered artists Chinese “Star’s Group” artists Wang Keping, Huang Rui and Ma Desheng, Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê, Hong Kong born Australia-based artist John Young Zerunge and new to the gallery with his bamboo mobiles Laurent Martin “Lo.”
Frog King Kwok (Kwok Mang Ho b. 1947) is one of Hong Kong’s earliest conceptual artists and a key figure in paving the way for performance art in Asia. Prior to forging new artistic ground within the Hong Kong art scene beginning in the late 1960s, Kwok studied with ink painting master Lui Shou-kwan. Whilst his peers were following the ink medium’s realist traditions, Kwok chose instead to translate ink into a new language by incorporating it into installations, conceptual works, and works he termed in Cantonese as happenings (hark bun lum). In 1980 he moved to New York and became active in the East Village art scene opening the Kwok Gallery in 1982. The vibrant time of Art happenings during the 80s and 90s were explosive where Kwok became the persona Frog King. A few of the artists practicing in New York at that time and were of influence to him were Keith Haring, Tehching (Sam) Hsieh, Carolee Schneemann among others. A firm believer in fully immersing himself—body, mind, and soul—into his artworks and the spaces around them, Kwok is a living embodiment of his practice. He works effortlessly across various disciplines, and has produced innumerable paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, graffiti, happenings, and spontaneous performances throughout his career. In 2011, he represented Hong Kong at the 54th Venice Biennale in an exhibition titled Frogtopia Hongkornucopia.
ABOUT 10 CHANCERY LANE GALLERY
Since 2001, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery is one of Asia’s leading art galleries. With exhibitions that explore both emerging and historically important movements in art in the Asia-Pacific. The gallery continuously keeps its finger on the pulse of contemporary art from the region. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery aims to deliver exhibitions that take time, research and have an impact on the art in the region, as well as promoting contemporary art from Asia internationally.
Founder and Director Katie de Tilly arrived in Hong Kong in 1994 when Chinese and Hong Kong contemporary art, as well as that from most of Asia was yet to come into international focus. With a particular interest in the deep historical, social and cultural context of Hong Kong and China and the development in Asia of its contemporary art scenes, she founded 10 Chancery Lane Gallery in 2001. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery represents emerging, mid-career and established artists from the regiou. In order to help the development of young artists from Hong Kong 10CLG has been organizing “HKForeword” since 2012 giving Hong Kong art graduates their first gallery exhibition. Katie de Tilly is the 2019 recipient of the “Woman of Influence in Arts and Culture” awarded by the American Chamber of Commerce. She was a founding member and former co-President of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association (HKAGA), is on the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) of RMIT University School of Art /Hong Kong Art School. She is a Founding Patron of the West Kowloon Cultural District’s M+ Museum of Visual Culture. And she is heading the HK Artists Residency Abroad Funding Scheme (ARAFS) of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association to help local artists enrich their art exposure and education. She was formerly a board member of the Tate Modern Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee (Tate-APAC)
For press enquiries and to arrange interviews, please contact Ellen Zhuang ellen@10chancerylanegallery.com or +852 2810 0065.
