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Pacita Abad at Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters Sector: Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor and Pio Abad, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Past exhibition
28 - 30 March 2025
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Pacita Abad at Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters Sector, Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor and Pio Abad, Hong Kong Convention &...

Alexie Glass-Kantor: ‘There’s been a huge move to material practice and a real shift to recognizing Indigenous sovereignty.’

 

The first work visitors will see within ‘As The World Turns’, this year’s edition of Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong, will be impossible to miss. Set against a theatrical backdrop of shocking pink and yellow fabric, with a purple vinyl floor, the late Pacita Abad's three abstract ‘trapunto’ works – enormous painted, quilted, and embroidered textiles – are over five-meters tall.

 

The Encounters in Hong Kong is dedicated to monumental artworks and known both for its physical and conceptual ambitions. It’s ‘a benchmark for excellence and experimentation’ says its curator Alexie Glass-Kantor. For the past 11 years, she’s helped artists develop works up to 10-meters tall, which despite not being in dedicated rooms, manage to distinguish themselves from the bustle of the show floor. As such, the sector is a conduit for some major artworld currents. ‘There’s a huge move to material practice,’ she says. ‘In the past decade, there’s also been a real shift to recognizing Indigenous sovereignty. Artists are working in transhistorical modes of production, and looking to intergenerational forms that pass on inherited knowledge.’ (By Skye Sherwin)

 

Pacita Abad's three monumental artworks are presented in collaboration with Silverlens Gallery and Tina Kim Gallery.

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Installation Views
  • Installation views courtesy of Tina Kim Gallery and Silverlens Gallery
    Installation views courtesy of Tina Kim Gallery and Silverlens Gallery
  • Abhk Encounters 2025 Install 3
  • Abhk 2025 Tkg Install 2
Works
  • Fly into a rage, 2000 Oil, painted canvas stitched on canvas 204 x 61 in 518 x 155 cm
    Fly into a rage, 2000
    Oil, painted canvas stitched on canvas
    204 x 61 in
    518 x 155 cm
  • Through the looking glass, 1996 Oil, acrylic, sequins, plastic buttons on stitched and padded canvas 209 x 59 in 531 x 150 cm
    Through the looking glass, 1996
    Oil, acrylic, sequins, plastic buttons on stitched and padded canvas
    209 x 59 in
    531 x 150 cm
  • The Sky is The Limit, 2000 Oil, painted handwoven cloth, buttons stitched on canvas 168 x 60 in

    The Sky is The Limit, 2000

    Oil, painted handwoven cloth, buttons stitched on canvas

    168 x 60 in

Press
  • What sold at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

    Staff Writer, Art Basel, March 31, 2025
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  • Your essential guide to Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

    Staff Writer, Art Basel, March 24, 2025
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  • Heading To Art Basel Hong Kong? Here Are 5 Things You Shouldn’t Miss

    Kissa Castaneda, Forbes, March 20, 2025
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  • Monumental artworks revive ancestral traditions at Art Basel Hong Kong

    Skye Sherwin, Art Basel, March 11, 2025
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