Exhibition Opening Wong Ping: edging

Name: Opening KATERYNA LYSOVENKO: Borderland
Start: 2026-09-15T19:00
End: 2026-09-15T21:00

Titled “edging,” Hong Kong-based artist Wong Ping is presenting his first solo exhibition in Austria at the MAK. The exhibition features four animated films in a spatial setting created especially for the occasion.

Tue, 24.10.2023 7 pm — 9 pm

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Wong Ping, Sorry for the late reply, 2021 Single channel animation, 15 min Edition of 5, 2 AP Courtesy of the artist, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles and Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong / Shanghai

MAK Exhibition View, 2023, WONG PING. edging, Courtesy of the artist, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles und Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong / Shanghai

Wong’s animations stage absurd and often salacious narratives that explore themes of intimacy, isolation, societal pressures, and political tension. Camouflaged by the characteristic cuteness of his flat, colorful animations, the short films offer a mix of witty and disturbing insights, thereby reflecting the complexity of society in the 21st century.

The artist weaves together personal and fictional stories, using sexual desire and suppressed fantasies as metaphors for larger societal problems. His works delve into the abysses of human behavior and focus on social differences, political ideologies, and individual freedom in a humorously cynical way.

Curator
Marlies Wirth, Curator, Digital Culture and MAK Design Collection

On the exhibition
Martina Kandeler-Fritsch, Deputy Artistic Director, MAK
Marlies Wirth, Curator, MAK
Wong Ping, Artist

Free admission to the exhibition opening

DJ-Line-up by (y)MAK
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Exhibition Dates
25.10.2023–31.3.2024
MAK Contemporary