Hong Kong

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Hong Kong's art grew out of its position between Chinese tradition and British colonial rule, which ended in 1997. In the 1960s, painters of the New Ink Painting movement, among them Lui Shou-kwan, Wucius Wong and Irene Chou, used ink for abstraction and personal expression, and Luis Chan painted colourful, dreamlike cityscapes. The city's streets produced their own artists: Tsang Tsou Choi, known as the King of Kowloon, covered walls and lamp posts with brush calligraphy claiming the territory as his family's.

Performance, photography and design followed. Kwok Mang-ho, the Frog King, has staged playful performances since the 1970s, and Tseng Kwong Chi photographed himself in a Mao suit before famous landmarks in his East Meets West series. Stanley Wong, working as anothermountainman, built a long project around the city's red, white and blue nylon canvas. The sound artist Samson Young represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Venice Biennale.