Sculpture and the Animation of Collective Space
VIEW EVENT DETAILSEvening CSM KAI-YIN LO Panel Discussion with ANTONY GORMLEY
Drinks Reception 6:00pm,
Panel Discussion 7:00pm,
Close 8:30pm
After appearing in key cities around the world: London, Rotterdam, New York, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the internationally acclaimed public art project, Event Horizon, will be in Hong Kong this November. 31 sculptures will appear at ground level as well as on the skyline across a kilometer wide zone in Central and Western districts for half a year. In this evening, artist Antony Gormley will discuss Event Horizon in the context of his wider practice, he will be joined by Leung Mee Ping, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, Claire Hsu, Co-founder, Asia Art Archive and Benjamin Cha, Managing Director and incoming Chief Executive, Grosvenor Asia Pacific and Pauline J. Yao, M+ on a panel discussion of art in the city. The discussion will be opened by Kai-Yin Lo, Principal Visiting Lecturer, Cross Culture, at Central Saint Martins, and chaired by Professor Jeremy Till, Head of Central Saint Martins and Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of the Arts London.
Antony Gormley’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the UK and internationally with exhibitions at Forte di Belvedere, Florence (2015); Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (2014); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia (2012); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2012); The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2011); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2010); Hayward Gallery, London (2007); Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (1993) and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (1989). Permanent public works include the Angel of the North (Gateshead, England), Another Place (Crosby Beach, England), Inside Australia (Lake Ballard, Western Australia) and Exposure (Lelystad, The Netherlands).
Gormley was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, the South Bank Prize for Visual Art in 1999, the Bernhard Heiliger Award for Sculpture in 2007, the Obayashi Prize in 2012 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2013. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and was made a knight in the New Year’s Honours list in 2014. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, an Honorary Doctor of the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity and Jesus Colleges, Cambridge. Gormley has been a Royal Academician since 2003.Antony Gormley was born in London in 1950.
Event Horizon Hong Kong is presented by British Council with lead partner the
K11 Art Foundation
www.eventhorizon.hk
Event Details
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty