There are places that defy any sort of categorization: the makeshift sanctuaries that are home to hundreds, if not thousands of ceramic, glass or clay statues of the Buddha and other protective divinities, are among them. Deposited – never discarded – by their owners changing home or leaving town, the statues sit together in gardens, sometimes by the sea, their godly silhouettes mushrooming across their sanctuary’s slopes, gazing into the horizon.

Enchanted by the Buddhas’ benevolent, smiling gazes and the sense of suspended reality exuding from these modest havens, their sanctuaries gradually imposed themselves as the inevitable subjects of Yan Pei-Ming’s new body of work.

Entitled Kung Hei Fat Choi which translates as “a well wish of prosperity”, this exhibition is his second solo in Hong Kong, marking a new chapter in the artist’s decades-long collaboration with the gallery.

Opening reception: Monday, March 25 2-7:00PM

Gallery address: Shop 03-205A & 205B & 206, Second Floor, Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, Central