Kwan Sheung Chi
1980 born in Hong Kong
Currently works and lives in Hong Kong
Kwan Sheung Chi’s oeuvre is guided by concepts and aimed squarely at reflection and criticism. Not content with just one or two forms, he strives towards simplicity and creations that target the space and discourse of the exhibition. Concealed in the background, however, is a set of carefully considered ideas. Through various references (such as art, film, literature, and pop culture), he reflects on and explores the realities of society and of life through the eyes of ordinary citizens — not just wallowing in simple criticism or praise, and not without humor or a sense of poetry either. The principal themes of his oeuvre include: artists’ identity in contemporary society (especially that of Hong Kong), against-the-grain criticism of the system, the possibility of alternative value systems, personal utopias, among others.
关尚智
1980年出生于香港
现工作生活于香港
关尚智的艺术以观念为主导，往往旨在反思和批判，且从不安于一两种形式，但力求简约，善于针对展览的空间及语境而创作；隐藏在背后的则是一套经过深思熟虑的观念，通过各种参照（如对艺术、电影、文学和普罗文化的），以公民的眼光表达对社会和生活现实的思考和探讨，不流于简单的批判或赞扬，亦不失幽默和诗意。他的作品的主要母题包括：当代社会（尤其是香港）中艺术家的身份认同，异轨和体制批判，另类价值观的可能性，个人的乌托邦等。