One Day of the Artist’s Life’ invites one
to believe the world of the artist, and not the work of the artist
to believe the invisible, and not the visible
to believe in the future, and not the now
— Pak Sheung Chuen
About Pak Sheung Chuen (白雙全)
Born in 1977 in Fujian, Pak Sheung Chuen immigrated to Hong Kong in 1984 and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2002, he currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Pak Sheung Chuen’s practice might be described as immaterial, everyday, process-based, and collaborative. He draws from his daily life experiences in and around Hong Kong to create playful, yet thoughtful, works that upturn ordinary everyday experiences into unexpected surprises and encounters. Although never visually spectacular, Pak’s projects reconfigure a personal system that involves bodily actions and effectively challenges the existing social logic and commodity-based culture. His art is almost invisible, almost impossible to document, but manages to explore the human condition in all its complexities and with loving precision.
Image and Text: the shop, ©Authors, the shop, 2019
Size: 26×14.2 cm
Page: 64
Year: 2010