Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the free, free spin-off of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give artworld insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives. on the circuit. To read the last Wet Paint column, Click here (members only).
Man, I wish I could have been to Art Basel Hong Kong this year. According to Simon de Pury, the city is like New York on steroids right now, and I’m dying to try the ground fish soup at Flower Drum. But artist Sarah Morris was luckier, so I sent her off with a disposable camera to photograph her trip overseas. Let’s see what the week looked like from his point of view…
Shipping is legendary. This is the working area of Yau Ma Tei Public Cargo in Kowloon. You might see something as basic as bamboo being part of Hong Kong’s infrastructure.
We spent the morning at the Red A Plastics Factory in Kowloon, then I stopped the team for an impromptu shoot outside a hair salon.
We got access to the Chanel store in Central on Chater Road. Shoes are a portal.
Every Sunday, all domestic workers in Hong Kong have the day off and occupy large swaths of Central, including the public atrium of HSBC headquarters. This use of public space is both radical and joyful.
Another view of domestic workers around the HSBC building, including its iconic lion. Hong Kong currency designer Henry Steiner will be introduced.
Back to Kowloon. 7 Elevens are all over town.
The intersection of Shanghai Street at Yau Ma Tei. Hong Kong has some of the most beautiful cityscapes due to the density.
We hiked to the Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery, a mountainous cemetery unlike any I’ve been to. The living and the dead in Hong Kong live in the sky.
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