ArtAsiaPacific magazine is proud to announce its collaboration with the emerging young Hong Kong artist Lee Kit at Art HK 09.

Lee Kit will exhibit four untitled hand-painted tablecloths that cover the tables at ArtAsiaPacific’s booth at Art HK 09. At first glance, the works look like minimalist paintings – some are painted in muted pastel colors in a checkered or striped pattern and others with English text. While serving as actual tablecloths during Art HK 09, the fabric will slowly “disappear” as the audience gradually participates in completing the works. The audience’s residual imprints – in the form of natural stains from cold drinks, food, dirt on one’s hands – will make up the final last “marks” of the work.

Lee Kit will also present a new series of photos entitled “How far can I run away from you within 2 seconds?” in poster format.

In both “How far can I run away from you within 2 seconds?” and the untitled tablecloth series, Lee Kit raises questions related to the transformation of a functional object to an art object, contemporary art and contemporary life, disappearance and absence.

Bio

Lee Kit, born in Hong Kong at 1978, received his BFA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003. He was shortlisted in the “Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition” in 2001, 2003 and 2005. In addition, Lee was invited to the Bolton Street Cottage Artist in Residence Programme in New Zealand in 2008. His solo exhibitions include “my pillow seems like a bed, a pillow seems like a bed.”(The Chinese University of Hon Kong, 2008), “Ready-made, Everyday” (Enjoy Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007), “3 / 4 suggestions for a better living” (Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, 2007), “Painting Furniture” (Yiliu Painting Factory, Fo Tan, Hong Kong, 2001). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions: “Friends of the Divided Mind” (RCA, London, 2009), “Some Rooms” (Osage, Shanghai, 2009), Frieze Art Fair (London,2008), “Sprout from White Night” (Bonnier Konsthall, Sweden, 2008), The 3rd Guangzhou Triennial (Guangdong Museum of Art, 2008), “Reversing Horizon,” (Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai,2007), “Inside-Looking Out” (Osage Gallery, Osage Beijing,Osage Singapore,2007), “The Pearl River Delta” (Nassauischer Kunstverein, Weisbaden, Germany,2006), “Metropolis Strip(p)ed”, (The Substation, Singapore,2005).He is currently working on a Masters of Fine Art in the Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Artist Statement

‘It’s such a beautiful day. Go on and get some rest.’

For more information, please contact Hanae Ko: hanae@aapmag.com.

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