We are pleased to present Yeung Hok Tak’s solo exhibition What a big smoke ring, the Hong Kong artist’s first exhibition with Kiang Malingue. Showcasing more than twenty recent paintings by the artist, the exhibition on the newly expanded 13th floor of the gallery’s studio space comprehensively celebrates the latest development of Yeung’s artistic trajectory over two decades: a body of vibrant, luscious and humorous works that deals in an evermore sophisticated fashion with a city’s history, in relation to a world that deems both the present and the future uncertain.

The title of the exhibition, What a big smoke ringspeaks of a case of mis-remembrance: Yeung Hok Tak recalls listening to Hong Kong singer William Fung Wai Lam’s 1981 hit What a big web, but mistakes the title and lyrics of the song. For the artist, this is a laughable yet critical point of departure for the recent series of paintings that largely explores the dynamic of memory, nostalgia and history. Historical narratives are deemed to be written, crossed out and re-written as a generation follows or defies another. In everyday reality, the beauty or superiority of the good old days is a highly contested matter, subject to constant manipulations and fabrications.

Gallery address: 13/F, Blue Box Factory Building, Aberdeen