Chinese art – Charm

Artist Hung Fai brings both control and chaos to solo Hong Kong exhibition

6 months ago03 mins

Hung Fai has long stood out among post-1980 Hong Kong artists as a respectful, cool-headed rebel – a son who dissects his Chinese art inheritance with the precision of a surgeon. For more than a decade, the artist has considered the weight of lineage, specifically that of his father, the ink master Hung Hoi. Instead…

How 20th-century Hong Kong and Guangdong art stood out from the rest of China

Cs news12 months ago02 mins

For China, the early- to mid-20th century was a time marked by political and social upheaval. It began with the Xinhai Revolution, which saw the end of the imperial system, before the Second Sino-Japanese War rocked the nation. The Chinese Communist Revolution and Cultural Revolution signified massive political and social shifts. In 1949, after the…