Organized in conjunction with Paola Angelini’s solo exhibition Image Outside of Time, the Art Talk, Image in Our Time, explores the artist’s interest in ancient imageries and the relationship between image and time through a contemporary lens. While the artist creates images beyond the boundary of time, they prompt us to rethink the value of an image in our image saturated culture today.
Angelini and Dr. Anna Kwong, Art Historian and Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will join in the conversation to discuss the artist’s inspirations and examine the development of the concept of image throughout the history of art. A particular focus will be paid on the artistic movements in the early 20th century Italy that greatly influenced the artist and inspired the development of Surrealism, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and remains influential to this day.
About the Speakers
Paola Angelini
Artist
Paola Angelini is an emerging Italian artist whose practice is founded upon the rich tradition of Italian art. Her personal approach to figuration and enigmatic imageries places her in the lineage of influential artists from the Roman School and Magic Realism in the early 20th century. She has had solo exhibitions in different cities in Italy, such as Vicenza (Fondazione Coppola), Venice (Ca' Pesaro Museum), Milan (“Italian Painting Now”, Triennale Museum), Urbino (Palazzo Ducale), Prato (Palazzo Pretorio), as well as other countries like the USA and Norway.
Dr. Anna Kwong
Art Historian and Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr. Anna Kwong was trained as an art historian in Italy and Austria. She went to the University of Bologna in Italy from 1990 to 1993 and got her PhD in Art History from Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2003. Her special interest is in Italian Renaissance art and architecture and Western architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Ms. Catherine Kwai
Founder and CEO of Kwai Fung Hin
Catherine Kwai is the founder of Kwai Fung Hin, a leading art gallery in Hong Kong specializing in 20th century modern art and Asian contemporary art, with a commitment to fostering dialogue between cultural heritage and contemporary expressions with a global perspective. For three decades, its cross-cultural focus has developed into an international portfolio of modern and contemporary artists spanning Europe, Asia and Latin America.
