A portrait can be a painting, picture, sculpture, or other artistic representation of somebody, where the face and its expression is predominant. The intent would display the likeness, character, and even the disposition of the individual. For this reason, in picture taking a portrait is typically not a snapshot, however a composed image of someone in a still place. A portrait regularly reveals a person so as to many effectively engage the discipline with all the viewer, looking right in the painter or photographer.
Expression: A Philosophical Portrait of Humankind presents an original study of functions grouped beneath the subject of portraiture. While portraiture is a conventional, time honoured music genre, this exhibit offers a new view by bringing together iconic portrait paintings by artists such as Max Beckmann, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach with more unusual works by artists such as Lara Favaretto and John Bock.
The exhibit investigates a number of conceptual topics, regularly presenting an elusive subject, which relies on the crowd’s imagination for culmination. The portraits presented in this exhibit hint at, question, and eventually augment the audience’s comprehension of what might constitute the issue of a portrait.
Exhibition Period: 27 Nov 2013 ‑ 15 Feb 2014 (except Sun) 11am ‑ 7pm (8 hours)
Address: 301 Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong