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Alicja Kwade

ALICJA KWADE

Waiting Pavilions Tai Kwun Contemporary 20 December 2024–20 December 2026 Hong Kong
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Tai Kwun Contemporary’s latest public art commission, Waiting Pavilions, investigates the passage of time in the setting of a former prison, the Victoria Goal. Created by the acclaimed Polish artist Alicja Kwade—known for using everyday materials to ask questions about existing realities and social structures—Waiting Pavilions are the artist’s first site-specific installation in Hong Kong, bridging the past and present on Tai Kwun’s Prison Yard.

With glass, metal, and stone, Kwade reimagines the waiting experience in a contemporary context. Six prison-like structures, built with glass bricks, dot the Prison Yard. The transparency of the bricks alludes to the unseen confines of modern life. The numerous white chairs nearby, each holding up a sizable stone, may also allow viewers to think of how the external environment is connected to our inner worlds. In a way, Waiting Pavilions points to how reality often transcends initial appearances.

This latest edition of Tai Kwun Contemporary’s public art commissions will on view from 20 December 2024 through to the second half of 2026.

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About the Artist

In Alicja Kwade‘s sculptural installations, commonplace items from rocks to household appliances are repurposed as players in whimsical illusions that challenge our perception of time, space, and systems of value. Through her use of such reflective objects as mirrors and glass, Kwade creates immersive artworks that reconsider the constituents of reality.

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Tai Kwun Contemporary is the non-profit contemporary art hub within Tai Kwun, the heritage and arts precinct in Central, Hong Kong. Located in the city’s central business district, it anchors the site’s visual arts programme within a wider cultural destination that also includes heritage displays, performance venues, and public spaces across the former Central Police Station compound.

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JC Contemporary, Block 20
Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road
Central
Hong Kong
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Tuesday – Sunday
11am – 7pm
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Hong Kong JC Contemporary, Block 20, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road
Tai Kwun Contemporary contemporary art institution in Hong Kong
Tai Kwun Contemporary
JC Contemporary, Block 20, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
+ 852 3559 2600
http://www.taikwun.hk

Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday
11am – 7pm
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