Hong Kong Archive
Pin It You Are What You Eat is an amusing series by London-based illustrator Eric Chow. As the name implies, it features caricatures of obviously overweight people starting to resemble the food they love to eat. It’s great how he manages to transform an ice cream cone into a ballerina, a shy redhead into a […]
Pin It While some artists might use paint, or ink, or pencils, Marta Grossi breaks the mold by making her breakfast banana her medium. Marta currently lives and works as an art director and illustrator in Hong kong. She describes herself as an Italian with a dimple in her right cheek who is allergic to […]
Pin It Hong Kong recently hosted the prestigious Art Basel art fair. The fair is basically an international arena where works by gifted, but relatively unknown artists are highlighted. Among those whose work stood out is Jakarta-based sculptor Ichwan Noor. His piece is a bright yellow, 1953 Volkswagen Beetle cunningly crafted into a perfect sphere. […]
Pin It Hong Kong is one of the world’s most populated urban center and boasts one of the best skylines in the world. French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze recently complied a vertigo-inducing collection of photographs taken from a very unique angle. Vertical Horizon highlights the geometry behind this amazing skyscraper city. According to Romain: “It’s easy to get […]
Pin It The skewed, top-down perspective isn’t something new in the world of photography but Christian Åslund’s wide angle shots certainly gave it a new twist. His series of photographs for the shoe brand Jim Rickey had models lying flat on the streets of Hong Kong pretending to walk, sit, and hang on to perfectly […]
Pin It Watercolor is a medium most artists take for granted. Most people lump it together with modeling clay and crayons as a medium for beginners. Painter Marc Allante has other ideas. His portfolio is a collection of colorful watercolor paintings literally dripping with color. His subjects are usually silhouettes riding a wave of color […]
Pin It Sam Gellman was born and bred in Wisconsin. These days, he can be found shooting people in Hong Kong – with his camera. His work has been featured in prestigious media organizations like National Public Radio, Wired, and BBC. Sam has also been short-listed as a finalist for the 2010 and 2011 Travel […]
Pin It Joseph Barbara is from Malta. He has exhibited his work in various countries like England, Germany, Italy, Australia, China, Hong Kong, apart from numerous times in Malta. In 2006, he was awarded the qualifiers award in the International Poster Competition Greeting World Expo 2010 Shanghai.
Pin It Working in portraiture, painting freehand, using only spray paint and without the aid of brushes London artist David Walker has developed a signature multi-layered style. Over recent years David has shown work in Berlin, Hong Kong, LA, Lisbon, London, New York and Paris amongst others and his paintings have been shown alongside the […]
Pin It Paul Lung is an artist from Hong Kong. With only a pencil, his skills allow him to draw incredibly realistic cats.
