H Queen’s, Central｜Ritual, Trauma and Allegory

Description

Tang Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the opening of the international group exhibition "Ritual, Trauma, and Allegory" on March 25, 2025, in Hong Kong Central HQueen’s Space. The exhibition will feature the remarkable paintings of eight artists: Anouk Lamm Anouk, Jonas Burgert, Jigger Cruz, Guillermo Lorca, Leng Guangmin, Edgar Plans, Rodel Tapaya, and Woo Kukwon.

Contemporary painting is continuously experiencing a revolutionary grammar of violence on both physical and metaphorical levels amidst globalization and technological upheaval—ranging from the material tearing of the canvas to the deconstruction of cultural symbols, and the fragmented reassembly of identity narratives. This revolution is not merely an aesthetic stance; it is a cognitive guerrilla initiated by artists in the fault lines of civilization.

This group exhibition selects eight artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, revealing how painting can achieve rebirth through "destructive rituals," "archaeology of trauma," and "allegorical resistance." By focusing on their radical explorations of the materiality of painting, cultural identity, and existential dilemmas, we witness not only the reflexive experiments of the painting medium but also the poetic stitching of the wounds of civilization.