Richard Heeps

Control, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Conceptual Pop Art Color Photography

2016

Gold, from Richard Heeps 2016 series The Streets of Hong Kong. The idea for the series was how he could represent the intrinsic nature of Hong Kong, the idea of layers and light. Thr...

Part of Richard Heeps series The Streets of Hong Kong, shot on negative in 2016 but just executed in his darkroom in March 2019. 'Look Up Mong Kok', captures the spirit of walking th...

Michael WOLF (1954 – 2019, Germany) back door 11, 2003 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle art rag paper 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.) Edition of 9, plus 2 ...

Michael WOLF (1954 – 2019, Germany) back door 01, 2003 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle art rag paper 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) Edition of 9, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 4/9 Michael Wolf was born in 1954 in Munich, Germany. He worked and lived in Paris and Hong Kong where he died in April 2019. The focus of Michael Wolf’s work is life in mega-cities. His projects document both the architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises. Born in Munich, Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe, and the United States, studying at UC Berkeley and at the Folkwang School with Otto Steinert in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994, where he worked for eight years as a contract photographer for Stern magazine. Since 2003, Wolf has been focusing on his own projects, publishing over thirty books of his work. His work is held in many permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art in California, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and M+ in Hong Kong. back door: The dark back alleys that crisscross the city are home to objects that, at first glance, seem to be discarded—the random detritus of the man-made world. Under the scrutiny of Michael Wolf's photographic eye, these objects become fascinating installation pieces, while the abstract patterns of the buildings reveal the beauty and order that underlie the apparent chaos of the city. Thought-provoking texts by Kenneth Baker and Douglas Young explore the choices that people make of lifestyle, form, function, identity, and design, as well as the notion of Hong Kong as a brand. – Art, Cityscape, Architecture, City, Michael Wolf, Street Photography, Colour Photography, Hong Kong, Pink Blanket...