3812 Gallery is proud to present Looking East: St Ives Artists and Buddhism, the first exhibition to introduce British modern art with reference to eastern philosophy. Once a small fishing village in Cornwall, southwest England, St Ives has long been a hub for artists from all walks since the 1920s. To celebrate the creativity St Ives has nurtured, 3812 Gallery Hong Kong is glad to present works of its post-war abstract artists, with a glance back at the 20s and 30s.

Featuring artists from Hong Kong-born Bernard Leach to the great Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki, the exhibition displays multi-media works from stoneware to oil paintings to collage. In doing so, it traces the early conversation between the east and the west in a war-stricken world, particularly how the Buddhist principles advocated by early St Ives artists have inspired works that came after. The exhibition also features an audio conversation between Philip Dodd, Director of the Holburne Museum, and Chris Stephens, Director of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (1997-2004).

Gallery address: 26/F, Wyndham Place, 40-44 Wyndham Street, Central