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K11 Art Foundation x ArtReview Present ‘Breaking the Waves’ in Hong Kong

Chim↑Pom, Super Rat, 2008– (left); , video (colour, sound), 3 min 13 sec, taxidermied rat, paint. Courtesy the artist

Curated by ArtReview and presented by K11 Art Foundation, the group exhibition – reflecting on art as dialogue and collaboration as we emerge from times of isolation – travels to K11’s venues in Hong Kong

Following its run at chi K11 art museum in Shanghai this year, Breaking the Waves now travels to K11 HACC from 17 December 2021. An exciting sneak peak of the exhibition is on view until 18 December at K11 MUSEA’s Gold Ball: Eisa Jocson’s Superwoman KTV, an immersive video installation by Eisa Jocson that reflects on the KTV phenomenon, female affective labour and the struggles of Filipino migrant workers – unpacked through choreography and singing by The Filipino Superwoman Band.

Eisa Jocson, ‘Superwoman KTV’, 2019. Courtesy the artist

Breaking the Waves brings together the works of 14 highly acclaimed artists and artist collectives from around the world – Larry Achiampong, Yuko Mohri & David Horvitz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Eisa Jocson, Laure Prouvost, Adriano Costa, Jac Leirner, Chim↑Pom, Ho Tzu Nyen & Ripon Chowdhury, Michael Joo, Zheng Bo, Slime Engine – to explore discussion and dialogue as a cornerstone of contemporary art.

The exhibition title, Breaking the Waves, refers both to persistence, as the endlessly repeating climax of waves breaking on a shore, and the act of swimming against the tide, or coming up for air. In the current moment, it also seeks to convey optimism about the latent potentials for renewal as we slowly begin to re-enter a world reshaped following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through videoworks, sound installations, sculpture, photography and interactive experiences, the show explores and interrogates relationships between humans and nature, conditions of migration and mobility, exploitation and cooperation, the potentials of new technologies and the ways in which artists collaborate or enter into dialogue with the work of their peers, however separated they may be by chronology or geography.

OPENING SOON: Breaking the Waves

Date
17 December – 23 January 2022
Venue
K11 HACC L2, K11 ATELIER King’s Road, 728 King’s Road, Quarry Bay
Time
11 am – 7 pm; Winter Solstice (21 December), Christmas Eve (24 December) and New Year’s Eve (31 December): 11 am – 5 pm

LAST CHANCE TO SEE: Eisa Jocson, Superwoman KTV

Date
3-18 December 2021
Venue
K11 MUSEA 2F, Gold Ball
Time
10 am – 10 pm

About K11 Art Foundation

Founded by Adrian Cheng in 2010, K11 Art Foundation (KAF) is a non-profit organisation in Hong Kong dedicated to fostering the development of Chinese contemporary art. In pursuing our mission, we are committed to supporting artists through KAF’s exhibitions, artist residencies, and educational programmes. We also actively establish partnerships with leading art and cultural institutions around the world, collaborating with curators and other industry specialists to create impactful cross-cultural exchange and contribute to the expanding global contemporary art discourse.

Over the years, KAF has collaborated with the Royal Academy of Arts, Serpentine Galleries, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, and Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris; Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, and MoMA PS1, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and Videotage, British Council Hong Kong, Design Trust, and Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, among others. www.k11artfoundation.org

Breaking the Waves, 2021 (installation view, K11 HACC, Hong Kong).
Courtesy K11 Art Foundation
Wolfgang Tillmans, Neue Welt (New World) (detail), 2012, 12 unframed inkjet print, clips. Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Cologne and New York
Laure Prouvost, Re-dit-en-un-in-a-learning, 2020, video (colour, sound), 23 min 21 sec. Edition of 3 + 2 APs. © Laure Prouvost. Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London, New York, Shanghai and East Hampton
Laure Prouvost, Re-dit-en-un-in-a-learning, 2020, video (colour, sound), 23 min 21 sec. Edition of 3 + 2 APs. © Laure Prouvost. Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London, New York, Shanghai and East Hampton
Work by Adriano Costa (floor) and Jac Leirner (wall), featured in Breaking the Waves, 2021 (installation view, K11 HACC, Hong Kong). Courtesy K11 Art Foundation
Adriano Costa, Wish / Mourning Version (detail), 2014–2021, bricks, bubble gum, Marlboro cigarettes. Courtesy the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels and New York
Installation by Yuko Mohri & David Horvitz (foreground), photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans (back wall), featured in Breaking the Waves, 2021 (installation view, K11 HACC, Hong Kong). Courtesy K11 Art Foundation
Wolfgang Tillmans, Neue Welt (New World) (detail), 2012, 12 unframed inkjet print, clips. Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Cologne and New York
Eisa Jocson, Becoming White (detail), 2018, digital videos (Princess Parade, 26 min 08 sec; House, 10 min 58 sec), colouring sheets. Courtesy the artist
Eisa Jocson, Becoming White, 2018, digital videos (Princess Parade, 26 min 08 sec; House, 10 min 58 sec), colouring sheets. Courtesy the artist
Work by Zheng Bo (floor) and Wolfgang Tillmans (walls) in Breaking the Waves, 2021 (installation view, K11 HACC, Hong Kong). Courtesy K11 Art Foundation
Ripon Chowdhury with Ho Tzu Nyen, Waiting, 2020, digital video (colour, sound), 4 min 36 sec. Courtesy the artists and Edouard Malingue Gallery, Shanghai & Hong Kong
Zheng Bo, Grass Roots, 2015, pencil on paper, set of 10 drawings, 27 x 34cm each. Courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong & Shanghai
Chim↑Pom, Black of Death, 2013, video (colour, sound), 8 min 53 sec. Courtesy the artist
Chim↑Pom, Super Rat, 2008– (left); Wolfgang Tillmans, Neue Welt (New World) (detail), 2012 (right); in Breaking the Waves, 2021 (installation view, K11 HACC, Hong Kong). Courtesy K11 Art Foundation
Slime Engine, Ocean, 2019, interactive game, projection, controller, console, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist
Michael Joo, Circannual Rhythm (pibloktok), 2003–2005, three-channel video projection (colour, sound). Commissioned by the Bohen Foundation. Courtesy the artist and LUX

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