Frank Tang
Epiphytes III
2024
H 54 x W 44 cm
Ink and colour on paper
Unique
Frank Tang’s ink works often explore the intricate relationship between human beings and history, and between urban and natural landscapes, using plants to reveal the historical stories and forgotten traces of different places, and to tell the story of the current situation. In the series “Epiphytic”, he focuses on epiphytic plants on trees - plants that are supported by growing on top of other living plants. Because these plants can photosynthesize on their own, they don't necessarily take away nutrients and water from the plant they are attached to, and they just need a place to live.
The work has been auctioned off during the Charity Auction on March 22nd 2025 and creatively loaned by the generous bidder for Design Trust Charity Exhibition: Transformational Exceptions.
About Frank Tang
Tang graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2010 and obtained a Master of Fine Arts Degree at Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2023. He has been invited to artist-in-residence programs in Zurich by Zurich University of the Arts in 2014 and Treasure Hill Artist Village in 2022. Tang has participated in many important exhibitions, including ‘Ink City’ at JC Contemporary in Tai Kwun, Hong Kong (2021); ‘Humor in Ink’ at Taoyuan Children’s Art Centre in Taiwan (2021); ‘Hidden Forest’ at Asia Society Hong Kong Center (2019); ‘A Taste of Hong Kong’ at Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Belgium (2016); and ‘China 8 – Tradition Today – Ink Painting and Calligraphy’ at Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen in Germany (2015). His artworks have been exhibited in museums, art organizations, and galleries in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
