Hong Kong’s Art March boasts new large-scale works by local, global artists
‘Dancing Water Drops’, by local artist Simon Ma, features 600 giant water droplets made of recycled plastic
Tamar Park, located next to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong’s Admiralty, will soon be “submerged” in water.
Not by an actual flood, though, but by 600 outsize water droplets made with recycled plastic as a ticketed art installation running from April 1 to June 13 to continue the spirit of Hong Kong’s Art March.
Large-scale showcases of sculptures, alongside contemporary art fairs, festivals, exhibitions and auctions, can be seen across the city during this period, including Dancing Water Drops, the brainchild of Hong Kong artist Simon Ma Hing-man.
Others include The Lobster Painter, a 7.5-metre-high (24.6 feet) steel sculpture by British artist Philip Colbert at the K11 Musea promenade, and Lunar Rainbow by Hong Kong artist Phoebe Hui, a 56 square metre (603 sq ft) installation made up of 49 pieces of plate aluminium showing fragmented images of the moon, at the Peninsula Hong Kong hotel.
“It felt like Hong Kong artists didn’t really do large-scale installations [in the past]. Many of the previous ones shown in the city were by overseas artists such as Kaws [from the United States] and Continuous – the illuminated eggs [by TeamLab from Japan],” Ma said.
“There is an emotional bond, to be able to return and do this in my hometown. It’s my wish to help Hong Kong art go international,” he added, as different renditions of his water droplets exhibition were previously shown in Rome, Venice, Dubai, Shanghai and Hangzhou.