Hong Kong shares a long-standing cultural and financial connection with London and New York. Strengthening this connection, an upcoming exhibition at K11 Musea, a hybrid shopping mall and cultural platform founded by Hong Kong billionaire Adrian Cheng’s K11 Group, will host 30 Los Angeles artists.
The show will be curated by the L.A.-based gallery Sow and Tailor, the show draws on the four major principles of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement—a fresh approach, movement, balance, and harmony.
Los Angeles is home to the largest Chinese-speaking communities in North America. “I’ve always had a big love for L.A. and all things L.A. I consider it my second home. I think there’s a lot of similarities and it’s connected by the Pacific Ocean,” said Kevin Poon, who grew up between Hong Kong and L.A. and is co-presenting the exhibition with K11 Musea. (Ouyang Art Consulting is a co-organizer of the exhibition.)
The selling exhibition, “Hot Concrete: LA to HK,” will showcase more than 55 artworks by a large, diverse contingent of 30 L.A.-based artists, ranging from younger names including Aryo Toh Djojo, Austyn Weiner, Greg Ito, Jaime Muñoz, and Zoé Blue M, to established figures from earlier generations, such as Peter Shire. It will run from October 21 through November 13.
“Both are a melting pot of different cultures,” Poon said. “Both Los Angeles and Hong Kong have begun to look back at the many centers of the city as concerns around density, affordability, sustainability, and community becomes more and more prescient.”
“I think people always want to come to Hong Kong, especially artists,” Poon said, “because Hong Kong has such an important place in the art scene.”