以典藏級微噴輸出起家的Avocado Art Lab，近年成立自家品牌的當代畫廊，致力推廣當代攝影藝術，今年首次踏足香港參加藝術盛事Art Central，呈現台灣攝影藝術面貌。展位以「BOUNDARY-less」為主題，有無邊界的意思，寓意藝術創作是不斷突破界限的過程，曾是新聞攝影記者的沈昭良和周慶輝、榮獲金馬獎最佳導演的鍾孟宏，還有具理工背景的羅晟文，四位藝術家在攝影道路上從未故步自封，突破創作的壁壘，以各具辨識度的作品脫穎而出。
Avocado Art Lab invited PhotogStory to curate an exhibition titled BOUNDARY-less for its debut at Art Central, which highlights the profound artistry of Taiwanese contemporary photography.
Avocado Art Lab, a leading contemporary art gallery and innovative print lab from Taipei, has been selected to participate in the 10th edition of Art Central, one of Hong Kong’s premier art fairs.
For its debut at Art Central, Avocado has invited PhotogStory to curate a remarkable exhibition titled BOUNDARY-less, featuring four internationally acclaimed Taiwanese artists—Shen Chao-Liang, Chou Ching-Hui, Chung Mong-Hong, and Lo Sheng-Wen. This extraordinary collection highlights the profound artistry of Taiwanese contemporary photography and video art.
Artistic creation involves continually pushing boundaries, and these four artists have successfully transcended the limits of traditional creation with their distinctive works.
Shen Chao-Liang is a prominent contemporary photographer known for his commitment to documenting the evolution of Taiwanese society. His iconic series Stage has meticulously captured Taiwan’s dazzling “transformer-style” traveling stage trucks. The elaborate stages on wheels are large, colorful, and brightly lit structures that travel almost continuously across the country. They unfold within minutes to reveal their enchanting settings, then quickly pack up and depart shortly after a performance concludes. The Stage has become Shen’s unique visual language.
周慶輝《人的莊園》Chou Ching-Hui, Animal Farm
Chou Ching-Hui, also recognized as a leading contemporary photographer in Taiwan, brings a unique perspective to his work. His transition from a photojournalist to a creator has resulted in a distinctive photographic language. His Animal Farm project, a departure from his previous documentary style, is a testament to his innovative approach. Through his delicately exquisite and vibrantly colored images, he creates a hyper-real atmosphere, offering a fresh and intriguing take on the development of modern society.
Chung Mong-Hong, who won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Best Feature for his 2019 film “A Sun,” has never confined himself to a single role. He is not only a director, screenwriter, and producer but also an outstanding cinematographer, having won the Golden Horse Best Cinematography Award for “The Great Buddha+.” As a photographer, he captures fragments of daily life, focusing on seemingly insignificant moments. His works are calm, poetic, and subtly impactful.
鍾孟宏 Chung Mong-Hong
Lo Sheng-Wen also explores his interests without boundaries. With a deep fascination for ecological environments and animal behavior, he examines the relationship between humans, animals, and the environment through various media, including photography, video, installation, and games. His famous work “White Bear” addresses the phenomenon of polar bear captivity. In contrast, another significant work, “Fallout,” uses satellite image collages to depict the traces of nuclear testing worldwide, examining the complex connections between image and reality, human behavior, and the environment through these man-made landscapes.
This exhibition aims to bridge cultures and share Taiwan’s rich artistic landscape with a global audience. We hope to foster meaningful connections with international art institutions and collectors, uniting the world through the universal language of art.
In 2025, photographer Chan Dick will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his series, CEMENT-ERY. This collection not only reflects his thoughts on the redevelopment of Yue Man Square in Kwun Tong, the community where he grew up, but also preserves the memories of his mother, who passed away earlier this year.
In this special moment, the Hong Kong photography platform PhotogStory curated a small exhibition titled “CEMENT-ERY” for Chan Dick, showcasing this series of photos that combine wall surfaces with Hong Kong’s urban landscapes for the first time. Familiar landscapes emerge through the remaining wall marks like reflections, encouraging viewers to contemplate the delicate relationship between urban redevelopment and preservation.
In 2015, as the Kwun Tong Town Centre Redevelopment Project progressed rapidly, Chan Dick returned to Yue Man Square on a quiet afternoon. He wandered back into the familiar community and, out of curiosity, stepped into Yue Wah Mansion, which was already empty and desolate. Strolling through the staircase, the wires that once cluttered the corners had been removed, but their traces were still clearly visible. At that moment of inspiration, the twisted wire marks reminded him of the mountains’ outline and inexplicably brought to mind the scenery of the Tsing Ma Bridge.
The South 淺水灣
As he carefully explored the walls, he noticed wave-like indentations on another wall that resembled the waves of ukiyo-e, matching the view from Hung Hom towards Central. That day, the photographer took seven photographs, some depicting clouds resembling cotton candy, while others look like long-exposure star trails. When I interviewed Chan Dick years ago, I was deeply captivated by this series of works and amazed that he could envision so many landscapes on mottled walls through his extraordinary imagination. However, these photos, created concurrently with his iconic work “Chai Wan Fire Station,” had never been exhibited before.
Returning to Yue Man Square a decade later, Chan Dick saw that Yue Wah Mansion had been demolished, leaving behind a pile of black rubble mixed with debris. Imagining these were the traces left behind by the building, he picked up stones and held them in his hand. They were heavy and dark, stirring a wave of nostalgia and mixed emotions within him. It is time to sort through these thoughts intertwined with memories and feelings of familial affection.
Chan Dick — CEMENT-ERY
Date: March 15 – April 13, 2025
Time: 11am-1pm, 2pm-6pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Venue: Lumenvisum LUMOS Mini Gallery, L2-2, JCCAC, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei
About Chan Dick
Chan Dick studied graphic design and first became involved in photography when given his graduation assignment. As a still-life and architectural photographer, he is devoted to creating personal works, often touching on social issues and everyday life discoveries.
While fascinated by simple lines and minimalistic compositions, Chan’s works emphasize the ambiguous attraction between reality and illusion. His iconic series “Chai Wan Fire Station” earned him first prizes respectively at the Tokyo International Foto Awards and the Hong Kong Photo Book Awards. This series was exhibited in Japan and the Netherlands and collected by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Japan’s Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City.
Chan also collaborated with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong by photographing their collection of human specimens. He produced an aesthetic set of images called “The Trek,” which challenges the general public’s shared perception of the topic. The work was published as a photo book and won a Gold Prize at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
About PhotogStory
Hong Kong-based Photography platform PhotogStory was founded by photography writer and curator LAU Tung-Pui. The platform introduces local & international photographers’ artwork, the history behind classic images, and photo books.
PhotoStory’s curated exhibitions include Hidden Town at Wure Area (Kowloon Bay), Chun Wai’s solo exhibition at Kubrick (Yau Mai Tei), Mak Fung‘s solo exhibition at EastPro Gallery (Causeway Bay) and co-curated group exhibitions at Boogie Woogie Photography (Wong Chuk Hang) and at Fine Art Asia 2024.
SHOOTING HOOPS is an exhibition at Blue Lotus Gallery and an accompanying photo book launch that showcases Austin Bell’s photographic documentation of all 2,549 outdoor basketball courts in Hong Kong.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports among Hong Kong’s young people, and outdoor courts are often found at schools, playgrounds, and public housing estates.
When US photographer Austin Bell first visited Hong Kong in 2017, he was intrigued by the color and design of the city’s basketball courts. He returned in 2019 to photograph all of them.
His project expanded to include multiple visits and documented 2,549 courts in nearly five months with over 40,000 photos. Bell was drawn to these courts for their vivid designs, often featuring bright colors and accompanying the colorful housing estates and nearby schools. This vibrancy becomes even more pronounced from above, providing a striking contrast to the city’s vertical density.
The Shooting Hoops book showcases all the courts in Hong Kong and includes additional statistics, Bell’s article, and architectural and photographic commentary on the project.
Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman: Masquerades 14 Dec 2024- 5 May 2025 @ M+ Museum
For the first time worldwide, M+ presents a two-person exhibition of the photographic works of Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura (b. 1951) and The US artist Cindy Sherman (b. 1954).
Both artists are celebrated for their innovative and conceptual staged photography, which alters their appearances to embody various identities and offer incisive commentary on contemporary culture and history.
The exhibition titled Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman: Masquerades highlights significant works from their early series and explores the evolution of their artistic practices, which reinterpret iconic visuals from art history, film, and media culture.
1981年，27歲的北島敬三憑藉作品《寫真特急便：沖繩》獲得日本寫真協會新人獎，帶著新人獎的獎學金來到紐約。那時他住在東村的公寓，每天帶著相機外出拍攝，下雨天就在公寓的黑房工作。在深圳5A1 Art Space展覽現場，他回憶起那時的畫面：「公寓外的街道停滿廢棄的汽車，輪胎甚至引擎被偷走了；電話亭也是壞掉的，裡面的硬幣空空如也。」
美國西部同樣孕育出偉大作品，已故時尚及人像攝影師Richard Avedon在1980年代於美國西部拍攝的人像作品《In The American West》被喻為經典。在40年後的2023年夏天，現居香港的法國攝影師Harold de Puymorin與朋友騎乘著哈利電單車，踏上一趟穿越美國西部的攝影之旅。
Roger Ballen是當今世紀最具影響力和最重要的攝影藝術家之一，攝影生涯逾五十年，標誌性作品是在南非拍攝的怪誕風格人像及一系列擺拍作品，畫面中的氛圍詭譎不安，視覺效果非常震撼。2022年，他是代表南非參加第五十九屆意大利威尼斯雙年展的三位藝術家之一。
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod (法國，1968)
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod是一名工程師，曾就讀於巴黎中央理工學院和紐約哥倫比亞大學。她的職業生涯融合藝術和工業，最初從事拼貼和裝置藝術創作，二十年前她選擇以攝影作為主要創作媒介。她的作品屬於專題式創作，如巴黎橋底風景(Paris Under The Bridges)、建築物空間(南法小鎮的E1027別墅)等。她現於法國巴黎生活和工作，作品被巴黎龐比度藝術中心收藏。
作為一位充滿熱情的冒險家，居港法國攝影師Harold de Puymorin曾在許多不同的國家生活和旅行，包括啟發他攝影生涯的緬甸。他有敏銳的洞察力，作品總能喚起觀者的情感及好奇心。過去十多年，他曾與Louis Vuitton和Dom Perignon等品牌合作。除了商業作品外，他的攝影藝術也在亞洲眾多藝術博覽會上展出。
Reo Ma (香港，1992)
在倫敦主修時裝設計的Reo Ma，同名品牌REO MA在時裝界獲得不少好評。作為藝術家的Reo，將生活視為一個神秘的夢想——一種不受束縛的思想形式。他有豐富的想像力與創造力，喜歡跨媒介創作，既熱衷於焊接金屬、也重組車輛賦予新意義。2021年，他發起「WAR ON CULTURE」活動，以遊擊藝術的方式在香港、倫敦和巴黎的街頭展出雕塑作品。
