In celebration of the annual Swire Properties Arts Month, ArtisTree is pleased to unveil ArtisTree Selects: Urban Rocks, a contemporary art exhibition featuring brand new sculptural works by Hong Kong-based French artist Polo Bourieau (b. 1968, Nantes, France) running from 16 March to 9 April 2023. 

Curated by Hong Kong-based curator Alison Pickett, ArtisTree Selects: Urban Rocks is Polo Bourieau’s largest solo exhibition to date, debuting a collection of 12 new stone sculptures made in the intimacy of his Tuscan workshop in Pietrasanta, Italy, in 2021. His creations are inspired by Chinese scholars’ rocks and the way they were shaped and formed by the forces of nature. Throughout the formation process over millennia, these abundances of rocks witnessed the most furious, ragging, and cataclysmic conditions that the planet can offer. Profiling a metaphor for humanity’s indelible mark on the planet, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the meaning of human existence, the impact we make on the modern world, and the fears in the age of Anthropocene.

ArtisTree Selects: Urban Rocks is also part of Swire Properties’ Placemaking approach to progressively advocate Taikoo Place as an inspiring, sustainable and enjoyable workplace, both vital to the health of communities and our society. ArtisTree Selects is a series of specially commissioned and curated programmes at Taikoo Place’s multipurpose space ArtisTree, introducing original and thought-provoking arts and culture exhibitions and performances that are easily accessible by the public.

Venue address: 1/F Cambridge House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay