HBL Analysis: Hong Kong Art Fair 2011

Huang Yong Ping, ART HK11

With over 260 galleries from 38 countries represented, the fourth edition of the Hong Kong Art Fair continued to build on its reputation as Asia's foremost contemporary art fair. This year, one of the key themes to emerge at the fair was that of beautiful decay.

Sigalit Landau, ART HK11

Taxidermy continues to be a popular approach, incorporated into curios and antiques, while forgotten and mundane items are coated in plaster as a rough form of preservation.

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