Modern Media X Culture Chanel special forum On January 18, LEAP magazine hosted “Encounters: Community” at the Guangdong Art Museum, part the exhibition “Culture Chanel.” The forum, chaired by LEAP executive publisher Ms. Cao Dan and featuring artists Wang Jian-wei, Cao Fei, and Artforum online editor Yang Beichen, opened with a discussion on Picasso’s Le…

Artists stand at the edge of society. Few ever dare to hope they might create an image or representation that actually affects or change society. This is because the task of artists, which is to pull …

TWO SEEDS WERE planted in Hong Kong back at the time of its inception: a seed of prosperity and a seed of subjectivity. The meaning of prosperity requires no elaboration here. Subjectivity, in this context, means self-awareness in culture and identity. Back in the late nineteenth century, Hong Kong’s prosperity endured fits and starts, but…