Hong Kong’s leading cultural and social destination, Duddell’s, is delighted to announce details of Curve of Bouyancy, a group exhibition that brings together notable works collected by four eminent female collectors and goes on show from 6 February. Showcasing 16 artworks, the exhibition will comprise works collected by Mimi Brown, Karen Levy, Li Lin, and a local private collector, offering a rare glimpse into the wide array of personal visions that have shaped these collections.

Curated by local curator and Feng Shui practitioner Zoie Yung, the exhibition title Curve of Buoyancy was inspired by American abstract sculptor Wendell Dayton’s For Calder (1975), a lightweight steel sculpture that appears as agile and light as a ballerina’s instep. A timeless visual motif, the curve has also been prevalent in both historical and contemporary times – from Paleolithic Venus figurines, ribbed vaulting of Gothic churches to athleisure fashion designs – giving rise to various possible rigid and flexible forms whilst retaining its practicality for our survival. Renewed significance of the curve in part alludes to a non-linear discourse and exploration of the shifts in contemporary society, human conditions and identity, which fittingly resonates with the challenging times wrought by the ongoing pandemic.

Venue address: Level 3, Shanghai Tang Mansion, 1 Duddell Street, Central