Founded in 2005 by gallerist and collector, Pearl Lam, Pearl Lam Galleries is committed to fostering dialogue between different regions and cultures from its three locations in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The gallery’s principles echo the philosophy of the Chinese literati, who supported a non-hierarchical view of art forms, seeking to encourage diversity and neutralise boundaries.
Read MorePlaying a vital role in stimulating international dialogue on Chinese and Asian contemporary art, the Galleries is dedicated to championing artists who re-evaluate and challenge perceptions of cultural practice from the region. Pearl Lam Galleries represents an increasingly influential roster of contemporary artists. Chinese artists include Su Xiao bai and Zhu Jin Shi, who synthesise Chinese sensibilities with an international visual language. They are presented internationally with work now included in major private and public collections worldwide.
Pearl Lam Galleries is also noted for introducing significant international artists to Asian audiences, among them Leonardo Drew, a New York-based artist renowned for his sculptural wall pieces that often draw on his personal memories and experiences as an African American; and British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE, whose paintings, sculptures, photography, films, and iconic life-size mannequins clothed in lavishly coloured fabrics explore themes of race, class, and colonisation.
Other leading international artists on the Galleries’ roster include Golnaz Fathi, an Iranian artist famous for her reinterpretations of traditional Persian calligraphy that utilize bold colours, intricate line work, and gestural brushwork; British artist Peter Peri, whose drawings, sculptures, and paintings explore the formal qualities of line and volume; and Thukral & Tagra, an artist duo from India who blur the boundaries between fine art and popular culture in their humorous paintings, sculptures, installations, films, and design work.
Notable group exhibitions at Pearl Lam Galleries include What You See Is What You See (2019), which examined the work of gallery artists who pioneered Minimalism in Asia in the 1960s; VIS-À-VIS (2018), which took place at both locations in Hong Kong to consider the legacy of gestural abstraction in sculpture; and Empirical Atlas (2017), which examined the relationship between identity and politics through a pluralistic perspective.
The gallery participates in a range of international art fairs, including The Armory Show, Art Cologne, Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Busan, Frieze Masters, and West Bund Art & Design.
Ocula Photolog West Bund Art & Design 2019 'The fair provides a platform for international exhibitors to showcase the finest quality of modern and contemporary art in Shanghai. With exhibitions and art events offered by museums and galleries in the city, West Bund has made November's Shanghai a permanent fixture on the global art calendar.' –West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai (7–10...
Ocula Photolog Frieze Masters 2019 'Coinciding with Frieze London, Frieze Masters features more than 130 of the world's leading galleries specialising in antiquities, Asian art, ethnographic art, illuminated manuscripts, medieval, modern and post-war art, Old Masters and 19th century, as well as photography and sculpture.' –Frieze Masters (3–6 October 2019).
Ocula Feature China’s Post-Intranet Artists Get Personal By Sam Gaskin, Auckland China's post-80s artists are no longer all that 'young', nor do they much need that moniker. With the oldest of that generation fast approaching 40, to call them young would be misleading given how rapidly many of them rose to prominence during the tail-end of China's foreign collector-powered art boom and subsequent influx of domestic collectors....
Ocula Conversation Thukral and Tagra By Sitara Chowfla, Yorkshire Over the past 15 years, Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra have developed a collaborative practice of painting, sculpture, design, installation, interactive games, and experimental participatory exercises. Their work spans a range of interests and subject matter: from their early explorations into globalised consumer culture and diasporic Indian...
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