building hong kong - redwhiteblue 03
Stanley Wong (aka anothermountainman)2002
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong , Hong Kong
This is one of the artist's "Red-white-blue" series. The term "red-white-blue" comes from the cheap but sturdy polyethylene material which has been in use for decades in Hong Kong. It is used for stripe bags, construction site scaffolds, protective sheets for hawker stalls, and awnings or canopies for the more permanent roadside stalls. The term therefore has a strong local flavour and represents a certain kind of spirit of citizens in Hong Kong. In this work, Wong has printed slogans with social campaign messages onto the striped material. They provide insight into the situations experienced by Hong Kong in different social climes.
- Title: building hong kong - redwhiteblue 03
- Creator: Stanley Wong (aka anothermountainman)
- Creator Lifespan: 1960
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Hong Kong, China
- Date Created: 2002
- Theme: Identity
- Physical Dimensions: w445 x h119 cm
- Artist's Biography: Stanley Wong, alias "anothermountainman", studied Design and Technology at the Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College. After completing his studies in 1980, he has worked in graphic design, advertising and film production. He participated in the"51st Venice Biennale" (2005) and numerous international exhibitions in Japan, Holland, Germany, UK, Spain, Singapore and China. His works have won more than 400 awards in Hong Kong, Asia and other parts of the world. Honours include "Media Asian Awards Gold Award" (1991, 1992, 1994, 1997), "The One Show – Gold Award (Graphic Design)" (1997, 2006), "D&AD – Silver Award" (2003), and 5 Judge's Awards and 5 Gold Awards at the "Hong Kong Designers' Association Awards" (2007, 2009).
- Type: Silkscreen on red/white/blue plastic sheet
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