Mondrian Hong Kong reaffirms its commitment to the arts with the launch of “Once Lost, Now Found”, a duo exhibition featuring Hong Kong-based artists Liao Jiaming and Aaron Lam Kwok Yam.
Running from March 20 to May 4, 2025, the exhibition takes place in two iconic venues within Mondrian Hong Kong: the Corner Shop, a dedicated art space on the ground floor, and the Roofgarden on the 40th floor. Coinciding with Hong Kong Art Month, the exhibition explores themes of identity, memory, and impermanence through a fictional narrative of searching for what was once lost.
About the Artists and Their Works
Liao Jiaming
Born in 1992 in Guangdong, Liao Jiaming is a multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into narratives and power dynamics within visual culture. His practice spans photography, video, installation, and performance, often focusing on gender, the body, and identity.
For this exhibition, Liao presents:
- Open Yourselves (Ourselves) (Corner Shop): A mixed-media installation using image transfers on his own second-hand clothes, exploring themes of intimacy, loss, and collective desires.
- The Creator (Roofgarden): An interactive piece featuring a 3D hologram projector and specially designed trading cards that reflect digital dating culture. Visitors can engage by inserting tokens to receive a card, inviting them to explore the balance between chance and destiny.
- How to Stay Balanced on Water (Roofgarden): A video installation capturing performers trying to maintain balance on water at a former Hong Kong ferry pier, contrasting the rigid urban landscape with a more fluid form of existence.
Aaron Lam Kwok Yam
Born in 1995 in Guangdong, Aaron Lam Kwok Yam explores themes of identity, memory, and emotional attachments. His works frequently reflect on migration, mobility, and the interplay between personal and collective history.
For this exhibition, he showcases:
- Neuron (Corner Shop): Previously exhibited in Tokyo, this installation examines psychological tension and the fragility of the human mind, inspired by the biological process of cell regeneration.
- Moving (Roofgarden): A new installation blending elements of a Chinese spirit-table and a shoe rack, symbolizing the continuity of traditions and the adaptability of modern life. Featuring red lighting, lotus motifs, and auspicious clouds, the piece reflects on migration and the search for equilibrium between spirituality and daily existence.
