1 – 12 July 2015
Exhibition
Opening Reception: 30 June 2015 (Tuesday), 6:00pm
Date: 1 – 12 July 2015
Time:
Wednesdays to Fridays: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Saturdays to Sundays: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue: Galerie 1 and 2, 4.K.13, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich
Description
The solo exhibition “:) – no pressure” by Hong Kong artist Trevor Yeung is presenting the artist’s reflections and responses to the artistic residency in Zurich.
The project starts with comparing the living conditions of the pets from Hong Kong with the families he has visited. The pets are protected in Switzerland by the Animal Protection Act (455) in dignity and well-being. Yeung collects the stories and re-interprets them in his own perspective. The show does not focus particularly on pets; Yeung also uses pets as a bridge to start a conversation with different people and families. The exhibition is also showing his observation in the daily life and the emotion status during the residency.
About Trevor Yeung
Trevor Yeung (b. 1988, China) lives and works in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2010. Yeung’s practice uses botanic ecology, horticulture, photography and installations as metaphors that reference the emancipation of everyday aspirations toward human relationships.
Past exhibitions and projects include A Hundred Years of Shame – Songs of Resistance and Scenarios for Chinese Nations, Para Site, Hong Kong, and Observer-Creator · The Reality Representation of Chinese Young Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing in 2015. 10th Shanghai Biennale, Social Factory, Power Station of Art, Shanghai and The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, Witte de With, Rotterdamn in 2014, Trevor Yeung’s Encyclopedia, Observation Society, Guangzhou, in 2013 and The bedroom show, the artist’s bedroom, Hong Kong, in 2012.
Exhibition view (photos by the artist):
