For Art Month 2025, Young Soy Gallery will be presenting a group exhibition in a vacant office in Central. Showcasing five Hong Kong artists, RE:URGENT is a humorous critique of the inequalities, systemic challenges, and power structures that govern our day-to-day life. Featured artists include Go Hung, Louie Haubere, OBSRVR, Plastered 8, and Riya Chandiramani. As contemporary artists, these local talents live within the same contexts as we do, and their works become manifestations of their experiences and observations of the same contemporary moment we share with them.
Set in an empty office in Central, the heart of the business district of Hong Kong, the exhibition offers viewers an immersive experience. Viewers are encouraged to interact with the artwork and become a part of the corporate backdrop that represents the day-to-day life of many Hong Kongers. With the artists’ satirical humour, witty manipulation of icons and imagery drawn from both high and low culture, and the immersive nature of the show, the exhibition urges viewers to re-examine carefully existing social conventions and the impacts they bring about in individual lives.
Artists of RE:URGENT
Go Hung‘s works examines systemic inequalities, bringing to the forefront the often overlooked realities of those less privileged. Riya Chandiramani highlights women’s narratives in contemporary society, calling for the dismantling of societal stigmas rooted in patriarchal and capitalist structures. With humor and wit, Plastered 8 and OBSRVR reflect on the “perfect” systems that keep things in “order”, exposing their inherent absurdities. Through collages of pop-culture and historical fragments on small-scale surfaces, Louie Jaubere invites audiences to closely observe how cultural icons and power structures have been shaped over time, which ultimately influences our day-to-day lives.
RE:URGENT exhibition details
- Date: 13 March-6 April
- Opening hours: 11-6pm on Tuesdays to Fridays | By appointment only on Saturdays and Sundays
