The Frog King Kwok Mask Give Away

10 Chancery Lane Gallery and artist Frog King Kwok invite you to receive a free Frog King Mask and to learn how we together can help those living below the poverty line in Hong Kong through SOCO (the Society for Community Organization) and how to support the arts through the work of ART Power HK.

 

10 Chancery Lane Gallery will present the art works of Gu Benchi, Liang Hao, Wang Hao as well as Frog King Kwok. Gallery Director Katie de Tilly invites small groups into the gallery for a private tour. And Frog King Kwok will be making masks throughout the day.

 

Please wear a mask and your temperature will be taken. Please refrain from joining if you have traveled outside Hong Kong in the last two weeks, show any symptoms or have been exposed to anyone to your knowledge with Covid19. No food or beverages will be served.

 

The eclectic and vibrant Frog King Kwok (aka Kwok Mang Ho) is an indomitable artist and is one of the most important figures in the history of contemporary art in Hong Kong. He was a pioneer to experiment in performance and conceptual practices in Hong Kong as early as the 1970s.

 

Frog King is one of the earliest Hong Kong contemporary artists to explore the use of ink painting as a conceptual tool, incorporating it as both action and material into multiple-media installations, performances, happenings, and assembled environments incorporating discards and everyday objects. Through his practice, Frog King drifts between Chinese and Western cultures by combining Chinese calligraphy with English writing which, he terms “sandwich font” or by bold splashes of paint used with both a performative and Taoist intention. He finishes his works by embossing a multitude of red ink Chinese chops that he has created himself.