"Hong Kong Inconvenience Exhibition" Exhibited Works in Japan Displayed in Japan February 7 22:26
As protests against the government continue in Hong Kong, a “Hong Kong Inconvenience Exhibition” is being held in Tokyo, where artists can present their works for protest that cannot be exhibited locally.
This exhibition was designed by a Hong Kong artist with the cooperation of a gallery in Ginza, Tokyo. At the venue, there are about 30 posters, paintings and video works.
The work is intent on protesting the Hong Kong government, but was decided to be held in Japan because it could be removed locally.
The participating artists feel that it is becoming increasingly difficult to express freely in Hong Kong, and all have lost their real names because identifying themselves will make it difficult for future activities.
One of his paintings, depicting one of France's leading painters, Delacroix's "Statue of Liberty Leading the People", depicts a citizen standing in a yellow helmet.
In the statue of a woman wearing goggles and a helmet, only the broken head is on display.
A work created by a group of Hong Kong writers as a symbol of the protest, originally a "Lady Liberty Hong Kong", 4 meters high, with an umbrella on the right and a slogan "Gwangbok Hong Kong Revolution" on the left. It was an image called.
According to the artists who planned, after being placed at demonstration sites in various places, in December it was set up on the top of a mountain that is a well-known tourist spot in Hong Kong, but the next day, The part of the head that has been removed and destroyed is displayed.
Two Hong Kong artists were interviewed on condition that they do not photograph their faces anonymously.
The man said, "I want you to know what's going on in Hong Kong through the exhibition that you can't tell by news alone."
The woman said, "We have no freedom, no power, no money. All we can do is art. We want to get back Hong Kong. We want to do as much as we can."
Gallery representative Yuzo Ueda said, "I want young Japanese people to know how Hong Kong artists are trying to express themselves in the current situation."
This exhibition will be held at "Gallery Q" in Ginza, Tokyo until February 15 except Sunday.