Wong Ping’s faux-naif, candy-colored animations have taken the artworld by storm. Simultaneously unsettling and laugh-out-loud funny, they present an absurdist version of Hong Kong’s urban life beset by isolation, frustration, and simmering desires. Wong shared the thinking process behind his practice while on a tour of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
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Wong, Ping, candy-colored animations, laugh-out-loud funny, they present an absurdist version of hong kong’s urban life beset by isolation, frustration, and simmering desires, sha tin, hong kong, art basel