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A pioneer among Korean artists of the 21st century, Ko, Young Hoon is known for his mastery of surface detail and his mystical approach to the representation of objects – raising questions of authenticity and illusion in his highly finished paintings. Ko works slowly and uses scale to draw an object’s details into sharp focus, examining not only the authenticity of an object represented on paper, but the authenticity of the object itself. Ko’s objects seem to float on the picture plane, a quality Ko has referred to as a nod to their place in the cosmos.

As Evening Hurries by Hong Kong 1955

Different Directions, Hong Kong 1968

On the Stage of Life

Pattern, Hong Kong 1956

Fan Ho

About Fan Ho

Prolific photographer Fan Ho began his artistic career in Shanghai, and subsequently moved to Hong Kong with his parents to continue his practice. Ho was motivated by his intense love for the common Hong Kong people, often photographing street vendors, hawkers and pedestrians, unintentionally capturing the soul of the city. Most commonly found in his works are recognizable locales of the city; alleyways, wet markets, residential complexes, often captured in dramatic fashion with atmospheric backlit effect through a combination of smoke and light.

East Meets West, Hong Kong 1963

Fan Ho all by Allan Teger

Ho is a quintessential Hong Konger and a giant of the local photography community. He continued to practice photography and eventually began to film directing until retiring at the age of 65.

Photographer Allan Teger was originally trained as a social psychologist, whose academic practice influenced and inform his photography series Bodyscapes. Having taken interest in altered realities, mysticism and meditation early on, Teger turned to photography in the 70’s as a medium to illustrate the coexistence of two realities. Bodyscapes play on perception of reality through creative portrayal of social activities engaged atop the human body. The body becomes at once the object and subject of the work, acting as both the focal and supporting element to the photographic plane.

Having left began the series in 1975, Teger left academics in 1981 to devote his full time to photography.

all by Laurent

Laurent Segretier is a Hong Kong and Paris based French fine art photographer, whose artistic practice is influenced by his nomadic lifestyle and multicultural upbringing. His avant garde approach to photography means his artistic practice is not only informed by high art and popular culture, but also societal views of gender, identity, and sexuality.

Segretier’s most recent series, Meet Tourist, celebrates the spectacle of the everyday. Commissioned by the Arca, Meet Tourist captures the environment and community of Wong Chuk Hang. Slices of Southside culture captured through the familiar passing of an airplane, the idle dock by the bay, the diligent construction worker carefully inspecting a work site. Working within the industrialised environment of Wong Chuk Hang further reveals Segretier’s attraction to and recognition of the working class as hidden power that fuels a society.

This series is a prime example of how Segretier uses the visual language of street photography to process public space, reinventing the mundane into novel forms and meanings in a style that is romantic and unapologetically honest.