MONDRIAN HONG KONG Kong continues its commitment to supporting the local art scene with ‘Once Lost, Now Found,’ a duo exhibition featuring the works of Hong Kong-based artists Liao Jiaming and Aaron Lam Kwok Yam. Coinciding with Hong Kong Art Month, the exhibition will run from March 20 to May 4, 2025, taking place across two distinct spaces: the Corner Shop, Mondrian Hong Kong’s street-level art venue, and the 40th-floor Roofgarden.
This exhibition brings together a selection of past works and newly commissioned site-specific installations, exploring themes of identity, memory, and the transient nature of existence. Through a fictionalized narrative of “looking for something,” the artists will invite viewers to reflect on the uncertainties of contemporary life, navigating the interplay between personal histories and collective experiences.
About the Artists and Their Works
- Liao Jiaming (b. 1992, Guangdong) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines the narratives and power dynamics embedded in images. His practice spans photography, video, installation, and performance, often addressing themes of gender, the body, and identity. For ‘Once Lost, Now Found’, Liao presents:
- Open Yourselves (Ourselves) (Corner Shop): An installation featuring gel medium image transfers on the artist’s used clothes, evoking themes of intimacy, loss, and collective desire.
- The Creator (Roofgarden): An interactive work combining a 3D hologram projector fan and custom trading cards, blending personal emotions with the imagery of online dating culture. Visitors can engage with the piece by inserting a token to receive a card, exploring the tension between chance and fate.
- How to Stay Balanced on Water (Roofgarden): A video installation featuring performers balancing on water at former ferry piers, juxtaposing Hong Kong’s urban landscape with more fluid, alternative modes of existence. This is a new artwork created for this exhibition.
Left: Open Yourselves (Ourselves), Installation, De Sarthe, Hong Kong; Right: The Creator, Installation)
- Aaron Lam Kwok Yam (b. 1995, Guangdong) explores themes of identity, memory, and emotional entanglements through his installations. His works often reflect on migration, mobility, and the interplay between personal and collective histories. For this exhibition, Aaron presents:
- Neuron (Corner Shop): Originally presented in Tokyo, this installation inspired by the biological renewal of human cells to explore psychological tensions and the fragility of the human mind.
- Moving (Roofgarden): A new installation combining elements of a Chinese spirit table and a shoe rack, symbolizing the continuity of tradition and the flexibility of modern life. The work incorporates red lighting, lotus symbols, and auspicious clouds to reflect on migration and the search for spiritual and everyday fulfilment.
(Left: The Corner Shop ; Right: Neuron Installation)
MONDRIAN HONG KONG is committed to fostering the local art scene by providing a platform for emerging and established artists to showcase their work. The Corner Shop, located at 8A Hart Avenue, has become a dynamic space for artistic experimentation, music and community engagement. The Roofgarden offers a unique panoramic setting for site-specific installations, offering a site where art, architecture, and Hong Kong’s spectacular skyline converge.
“As part of our Inspired by People philosophy and cultural programming, it is really exciting to host two exceptional artists, who work and create in Hong Kong, and will take visitors during Art Month on a journey that starts on the quintessential cinematic Tsim Sha Tsui streets to the top of the building with city’s iconic skyline as a backdrop to their creations.” Says Dirk Dalichau, Mondrian Hong Kong General Manager.
Join Us
Once Lost, Now Found is open to the public from March 20 to May 4, 2025, at The Corner Shop and Roofgarden. Visitors are invited to explore the exhibition, engage with the installations, and experience the transformative power of art.
