M+ Pavilion's Inaugural Exhibition Features Tsang Kin-Wah
By Katherine Volk
External view of M+ Pavilion and the entrance to TSANG KIN-WAH
After ten editions of the Mobile M+ series of pop-up exhibitions, September 8 marked the opening of the inaugural exhibition at the M+ Pavilion, the first official site to open as part of M+, Hong Kong's much-anticipated contemporary art institution slated to fully open in 2019. For its first show, M+ Pavilion is showcasing a local artist who represented Hong Kong at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Tsang Kin-Wah’s show, entitled "Nothing," presents a reinterpretation of his Biennale work, Infinite Nothing (2015). The installation encompasses the entire M+ Pavilion, making use of the internal as well as external space to create an immersive experience that speaks to the human condition. The exhibition explores allegories taken from philosophy, literature and religion, such as the Christian Tree of Life and the Buddhist Bodhi Tree, as well as film and literature, including Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971), Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse (2011) and Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Following Tsang's show, exhibitions will be hosted at the Pavilion until the M+ museum opens in 2019.
