A Ride in Fantasies
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05 May 2026 - 30 Jun 2026 |
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11:00AM (Tue) |
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Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery |
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Free admission |
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05 May 2026 - 30 Jun 2026 |
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11:00AM (Tue) |
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Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery |
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Free admission |
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition A Ride in Fantasies, exploring contemporary interpretations of the horse as classical motif across diverse cultures, featuring France-based Chinese sculptor Guo Chengdong, Chinese artists Xue Song and Zhang Gong, Egyptian artist Ibrahim Khatab, and others.
Through sculpture, painting, and collage, artists variously regard the horse as embodiment of cultural memory and identity, conveying ideals of freedom and aspiration, or as vehicle for formal exploration of bodily tension and spatial dynamics. The exhibition navigates from historical symbolism to contemporary narrative, revealing the horse’s multidimensional presence in both form and spirit in contemporary art.
Currently based in Paris, Guo Chengdong (b. 1975, Shenyang, China) integrates the depth of Eastern craftsmanship with the expressive vocabulary of Western contemporary art. His practice delves into the spatial, material, and temporal dimensions of sculpture, offering nuanced reflections on the relationship between body, environment, and material.
Guo was awarded the “Tony Stone Award” by the Society of Portrait Sculptors in the UK (2022) and the Special Jury Prize at the 9th Rambouillet Biennial of Animal Sculpture. In 2020, he was commissioned by the Chu Teh-Chun Foundation to create a life-sized bronze portrait of the artist in commemoration of Chu's centenary. His works have been exhibited at major institutions in France, Germany, and Belgium, including the Musée Cernuschi, Musée National de la Marine, and the Grand Palais in Paris.
Xue Song was born in Anhui, China in 1965, and graduated from the Stage Design Department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1988. Over nearly four decades, he has bridged East and West, historical memory and contemporary reality, traditional culture and contemporary perspectives. He is recognised as one of the key figures in Chinese Pop Art.
In 1991, a studio fire inspired Xue Song’s signature “burning” and “collage” techniques. Using flames and ashes as medium, he reconstructs printed fragments into new visual narratives. Since 2019, Xue Song has drawn from Daoist philosophy to create “The Dao from Nature” series. These works abandon cultural and historical symbols, embracing nature’s imagery to pursue pure artistic freedom.
He has held solo exhibitions at institutions including the Shanghai Art Museum, Long Museum, Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art & Urban Planning, MoCA in Singapore, and the Ueno Royal Museum in Japan. His works are collected worldwide, such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Kunstmuseum Bonn, and M+ in Hong Kong.
