Oscar Ho: The manipulation of the cultural significance of Tsang’s work by speculator/curator for personal financial profit had a devastating impact on the understanding of Tsang. The significance of Tsang’s work is not only that it is connected to the street, but also that it is linked closely with a time when there was a struggle in claiming the ownership of Hong Kong. After 1997, when ownership was confirmed and Tsang became an ‘artist’, his work gradually lost its meaning, except as reminder of a historical moment. Today Tsang’s works have become objects for speculation, to be kept in private home as objects of curiosity, or at best, objects of aesthetic pleasure. The king has been betrayed, and he did not even know.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:40:47 +0000
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