Frog King Kwok
Metaverse Love
2024
H 125 x W 60 x D 30.5 cm
Hand painted on Aluminium
This work is selected as a part of a partnership between “The Art of Movement” by Design Trust and The Peninsula Hotels’ “Art in Resonance” programme.
“Metaverse Love” from Frog King Kwok and Avant Garde Horn is the epitome of the artist Frog King Kwok’s artistry in Chinese calligraphy and his joyful attitude towards a lifetime of creativity. Frog King was an early pioneer in performance and conceptual art practices and is widely recognized for his experimental use of ink painting as a tool of action and material. Avant Garde Horn is an award-winning audio design company that fuses cutting-edge technology with artistic flair. Its unique approach emerges from collaborations with world artists and traditional artisans, setting a new benchmark in audio excellence and design innovation.
About Frog King Kwok
One of Hong Kong's most iconic and dynamic artists, Frog King is a pioneering conceptual and performance artist who has been breaking boundaries in Hong Kong and beyond since the late 1960s. Originally trained in ink painting and calligraphy in the studio of New Ink Painting master Lui Shou Kwan, he is one of the earliest Chinese contemporary artists to explore the use of ink painting as a conceptual tool, incorporating it as both action and material into multiple-media installations and performances.