Isaac Chong Wai's 'An Intimate Surrender' Explores Gender Performance at Tai Kwun Contemporary
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Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Isaac Chong Wai: An Intimate Surrender, the Berlin-based Hong Kong artist's first solo live art exhibition in Hong Kong, running July 10 to August 9. The exhibition uses the novel and film Farewell My Concubine as a departure point to examine gender performance in the arts, framed through concepts of "gender performativity" and "queer temporality." The project is curated by Tai Kwun's Associate Curator Louiza Ho.
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· 3 pulledIsaac Chong Wai: An Intimate Surrender, the Berlin–based Hong Kong artist's first solo live art exhibition in Hong Kong
Chong takes the celebrated Chinese novel and film Farewell My Concubine as a point of departure, revisiting it to examine the performance of gender in the arts
This newly commissioned project... unfolds around the conceptual frameworks of 'gender performativity' and 'queer temporality'
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