The sector for solo presentations by emerging artists, Discoveries will bring together 23 galleries.Highlights include an entirely new body of works by Victor Ehikhamenor at newcomer Retro Africa, including the artist’s rosary bead works, ‘perforation’ works on paper, and paintings taking inspiration from motifs in Benin culture; Commonwealth and Council from Los Angeles returning in person for the first time since 2019, with Kenneth Tam’s project ‘Silent Spikes’, which explores the genre of western cowboy culture and interrogates the homogenized construction of Asian-American masculinity; newcomer Gallery Vacancy, with a new project by Sydney Shen, whose sculptures and installations employ the forms of amusement park recreational facilities with chairs, extending the examination on the carnivalesque as the counterbalance between hierarchical power structures and utopian ideals of individual freedom; Nova Contemporary from Bangkok with Thai artist Kawita Vatanajyankur’s ongoing ‘Field Work’ series, a five-channel video installation that explores the plight of modern-day farmers, labor disruption, and the future of industrialized agriculture; and newcomer Vida Heydari Contemporary showcasing a new body of work by Indian artist M. Pravat titled ‘Concrete Dusk’, which explores the different expressions of a city under construction.

For the full gallery list for Discoveries, please visit artbasel.com/hongkong/discoveries.

Gallery List I November 2022 | 画廊名单 2023