Hiram To

杜子卿

Postcards

明信片
  • A set of 4
  • 一套四幀
  • 2022
  • Courtesy of Kary Kwok
Statement

Here we present five different pieces created by Hiram To: four ephemera belonged to Kary Kwok, another exhibiting artist, and a text installation titled Hi De Hi Campers! that was originally written for and published in DS (Dim Sum) Magazine. Hiram To, under ​​a nom de plume Norman Maine, contributed an A to Z of Camp in the Camp Issue (Issue 13). We typesetted and presented the 26 keywords into a text installation for Hiram.

我們展示杜子卿五件不同的作品:四份屬於另一位參展藝術家郭家賜的印刷品,以及一份題為「Hi De Hi Campers!」的文字裝置作品,作品原本為《點心》雜誌創作,並於該處發表出版,他以筆名Norman Maine在《Camp Issue》(第13期)中創作了Camp的A至Z,我們為杜子卿將這二十六個關鍵詞排版,以文字裝置方式呈現。

Biography

Hiram To is an artist who works in conceptual-based installations. He is also a writer in the visual arts, popular culture, film and fashion.Born in Hong Kong to Chinese parents, Hiram To lived in Scotland and Australia. He has widely exhibited in Australian public galleries and internationally, with works acquired by institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum and the Queensland Art Gallery. Hiram was invited by Londons Camden Arts Centre to exhibit a one-person exhibition in 1994. The invitation was the first Chinese artist solo show at a British contemporary art museum. The Winnipeg Art Gallery, the State Gallery of Manitoba in Canada also presented a selected projects survey of the artist in 2002.

He was one of three artists representing Hong Kong at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. As a curator, he has collaborated with Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, Artspace Sydney, Ipswich Art Gallery and Next Wave Festival in Australia, and Hong Kong Goethe-Institut.

杜子卿是概念裝置藝術家,亦是書寫視覺藝術、流行文化、電影及時裝的作家。他出生於香港的華人家庭,其後曾居蘇格蘭及澳洲。他的作品在澳洲的公共畫廊及國外廣泛展出,作品亦被澳洲國立美術館、動力博物館及昆士蘭美術館等收藏。1994年,杜子卿獲倫敦卡姆登藝術中心邀請舉行個展,此次是英國當代藝術博物館首次舉行華人藝術家個展。加拿大的曼尼托巴省省立溫尼伯藝術館在2002年展出杜子卿部分作品,以探索他的創作。

他是2007年代表香港參與第五十二屆威尼斯雙年展的三位藝術家之一。作為策展人,他曾與布里斯班現代藝術館、悉尼藝術空間、伊普斯威奇藝術畫廊和澳洲新浪潮藝術節以及香港歌德學院合作。