‘THE’ Survey Exhibition ‘THE’ survey exhibition, which is the most impressive, the most diverse, the most uncontrollable exhibition with the most active artists participating, will open on 1st December, 2018 (Sat) at Cattle Depot Artist Village.
Curated by C&G Artpartment, in the name of the celebration for its 11th anniversary, ‘THE’ survey exhibition is also drawing our attention to the development of local art spaces. Some of the questions include: What are the roles and responsibilities of an art space in society? How can it position itself? How can it help nurture the young practitioners? C&G believe that an art space must have its strong vision. It should be a spot for experimental art practices, different exhibition models and discourse development. It should be one of the important ladders to the sublime. C&G Artpartment has confidently practiced as such in the past 11 years.
The selection of artists is based on a serious revision over all the exhibitions curated or organized by C&G Artpartment since its establishment. C&G reviewed all their curatorial works and select the most ‘special’ artwork from each of the previous projects. Thereafter, they invite totally 40 artists who had been the most ‘special’ at one point. According to a Chinese idiom, there is no championship in the arts, while there is no first-runner up in martial arts. We do believe that artists are always humble. It certainly is a challenge to ask them to name themselves the number one or the most of such and such. ‘THE’ survey exhibition will provide an opportunity for different artists to show different outlooks of the most self-centered, the most self-contained, the most narcissistic or the most …everything… Besides ‘The’ exhibition, there will be a series of parallel programs during the show, including discussion forums, guided tours, auction and voting etc:
• Exhibition with 23 days: Exhibition Period: 1st Dec, 2018 (Sat) to 23rd Dec, 2018 (Sun) Exhibition Time:12:30-7:30pm Exhibition Venue: Unit 12, 8 & N5, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Participating Artists： Sanmu CHAN, Ricky YEUNG Sau Churk, Nadim ABBAS, Sushan CHAN, Cally YU, syan aka MC Yan, LAW Man Lok, Movana CHEN, KWOK Mang Ho (Frog King), WONG Wai Yin, Lam Lamm, Pauline LAM Yuk Lin, KWAN Sheung Chi, Oscar CHAN Yik Long, TANG Kwok Hin, Nanxi LIU, TO Yeuk X LAI Chun Ling, Eddie CHEUNG Wai Sum, Doreen CHAN Wing Yan, LO Lai Lai, LEUNG Mee Ping, CHU Yiu Wai, CHING Chin Wai, Ben CHEONG Chi Ping, LAU Hok Shing, Kurt TONG, SIU Wai Hang, Selfish Wild (Law Yuk Mui X So Wai Lam X Kwong Wing Ka) , Wayne WONG Wing Chun, May FUNG, LAM Tung Pang, WONG Wing Tong, Damon TONG, HO Yuen Leung, Mudwork X Reds CHEUNG, MOK Wing See(Vinci)(co-operated with: Him Lo、Jesse Clockwork), , CHOW Chun Fai, YEUN Kin Leung Maru (Yuenjie), CHENG Yee Man (Gum) , Clara CHEUNG, Darkhorse Knight Riders
• Discussion Forums, 2 rounds Forum I Time: 1st December, 2018(Sat), 6:30-8:00pm. Title: ‘The Worst Mistake Does Not Exist.’ Venue: Unit 12, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Forum II Time: 14th December, 2018 (Fri), 7:30-9:30pm. Title: ‘It Can Always Get Even Worse.’ Venue： C＆G Artpartment, 3/F, 222 Sai Yeung Choi St South, Prince Edward, Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Guided Tours, 5 sessions Tour I (led by Jeff LEUNG) Time: 2nd December, 2018 (Sun), 3:30-5:00pm Tour II (led by Jeff LEUNG) Time: 8nd December, 2018 (Sat), 3:30-5:00pm Tour III (led by Jeff LEUNG) Time: 9th December, 2018 (Sun), 3:30-5:00pm Tour IV (led by Clara CHEUNG) Time: 15th December, 2018 (Sat), 3:30-5:00pm Tour V (led by Gum CHENG) Time: 22th December, 2018 (Sat), 3:30-5:00pm
• Vote for my Favorite Artist During the exhibition, audience is invited to vote for their favorite art piece. The result will be announced at the closing of the exhibition. The artist who win the most votes will be awarded a chance to have a small solo exhibition at C&G Artpartment in the first half year of 2019. The opening of the small solo exhibition will also be the launching day for ‘The’ exhibition catalogue.
• Auction (Auctioneer: Thomas Yuen @ Sofoolbid's) ‘$1 auction’ will take place on the closing day of ‘The’ Survey Exhibition. All the revenue will be returned to the artist of the sold piece. It will be a relaxing moment to encourage art collection and also the most special moment to purchase for Christmas presents. Auction’s detail will be announced at C&G Artpartment’s Facebook page and website later.
