Silverlens is thrilled to participate in Art Basel Hong Kong for the first time after expanding to New York City in 2022 with a booth raising the flags of artists of the Filipino diaspora and Southeast Asia. Pacita Abad, Carlos Villa, and Stephanie Syjuco – who all name San Francisco as the starting points of their art practices – anchor the booth with work about abstraction, migration, and the colonial gaze. From the other side of the Pacific, we have Yee I-Lann's humble tikar (woven mat) that is spotlighting the urgency of circular economies, and Pow Martinez's paintings which are a salve to preserving our mental health. Made in London, Nicole Coson's monoprints examine the concept of invisibility as an effective artistic strategy. Exhibiting at Art Basel Hong Kong for the first time, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya is presenting works that center on women empowerment and sisterhood in the Filipino context. An artist-activist, cultural worker, and community leader, Cajipe-Endaya co-founded the feminist organization Kababaihan sa Sining at Bagong Sibol na Kamalayan (KASIBULAN).
For the Encounters sector of the fair, Patricia Perez Eustaquio will be presenting a new large-scale, woven tapestry based on a reworked 20th century photograph of a native Filipino woman taken by an American. The work is part of her ongoing series of tapestries featuring historical images manipulated and reinterpreted via photography and digital loom.
28–30 March 2024
Vernissage
Wednesday 27 March, 4pm–8pm
Public Days
Thursday 28 March, 2pm–8pm
Friday 29 March, 2pm–8pm
Saturday 30 March, 1pm–7pm
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai,
Hong Kong