“I Don’t Know How to Love You Teach Me to Love”

31 May – 29 June, 2024
Das Esszimmer, Bonn, Germany
Ailsa Wong, Jennifer Poon, Jessie Cheuk Lam Tam, Lau Man Pan, Man Wai Se, Rose Li

In a curatorial collaboration with curator MeMe from Struggling Art Space, Hong Kong the group show brings 6 Hong Kong artists together that share their vivid exploration of the quest of love and resilience needed to navigate the fragility of relationships.

Inspired by everyday life’s challenges and aspirations – we respond to our current situation that is constantly caught in times of departure, and we could only hope for a reunion.

Like flies buzzing at the window and stress that often clouds our vision. We collate family archives to find hidden stories of lost loved ones but also annoying bugs, to find the unexpected. Capturing frustrations and mishaps in daily life by doing things foolishly, yet seriously, we explore myth-like elements between our inner self and the outer world. Amidst chaos in the mundane and ordinary life. Did you know not all relationships stay sweet like a slice of toast left too long in the toaster and often ends with unexpected bugs? And did you know each lie we told to hold things together is like a tooth about to fall out? When you look at the sky you will probably think of someone.

So, no time for love or we do?

Trapped in the suffocating hustle and relentless time and space, we made way to transcend the constraints just to crave a delicate pursuit of love: artists offer unique perspectives on longing to expand the understanding of love through experiential creative medium from installation, sculpture, drawing, painting, photography, writing to moving image.

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Press:

《交換脆弱——6位香港藝術家德國群展》，明報，24 Jul 2024

“Friends of Friends of Friends of...I Don’t Know How to Love You Teach Me to Love“ by artfilmsider, 16 Jun 2024

“Love is Encounters, Departures, and a See-Through Veil Triptych on I Don’t Know How to Love You Teach Me to Love“ by Elisabetta Cuccaro

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