Joseph C L Tong

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works

Joseph C L Tong

Spiegel im Spiegel (Part 3/4), 2014
Acrylfolie auf Spiegel Hinter Radiant Plexiglas, Aluminiumrahmen, 200 x 100 cm

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Joseph C L Tong

Spiegel im Spiegel (Part 2/4), 2014
Acrylfolie auf Spiegel Hinter Radiant Plexiglas, Aluminiumrahmen, 200 x 100 cm

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Joseph C L Tong

L‘Apparition (Part 1/4), 2014
Leinen auf Holz hinter Radiant Plexiglas, Aluminiumrahmen, 200 x 100 cm

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Joseph C L Tong

Eidolon (Part 5/10), 2014
Polyfilm und Acryl auf Leinwand hinter strukturiertem Plexiglas, Aluminiumrahmen, 180 x 140 cm

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Joseph C L Tong

Eidolon (Part 8/10), 2014
Polyfilm und Acryl auf Leinwand hinter strukturiertem Plexiglas, Aluminiumrahmen, 180 x 140 cm

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exhibitions

Group Exhibitions:

2014
Infimum, Centre Arts, Hong Kong Bloomberg Emerging Artists, Hong Kong Civic Centre, Hong Kong
Chaim Sheba + Christies Auction, Schloss Bellevue, Berlin 2014 Spiegel im Spiegel, Woeske Gallery, Berlin
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

2013
Chaim Sheba + Christies Auction, Reichstagspräsidentenpalais, Berlin

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2014
Symphonic Duality, The Republic, Hong Kong
Stratum, Gallery Nomad, Hong Kong

2013
Dreamscapes, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, Berlin

vita

Born 1981 in Hong Kong, China

1999 – 2001   Studied Philosophy at King’s College, London
2001 – 2002   Graphic designer at Spring Partners, New York
2003 – 2004   Fashion designer at Sharon Waucob, Paris
2004 – 2009   Creative Product Director at Gianna Co. Ltd, Hong Kong

Currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany

text

Joseph C L Tong is a visual artist who creates conceptual works through a variety of media, which includes the traditional elements of oil painting, photography, installation and media art.

His works feature coincidental and accidental connections that explore his sense of identity within Eastern and Western cultures, whilst combining unrelated aspects of everyday experiences that lead to multi-layered analogies.

By experimenting with aleatoric techniques, he formalizes the coincidental and emphasizes the conscious process of composition that is behind the seemingly random works. The thought processes, which are supposedly private, highly subjective and unfiltered in their references to dream worlds, are frequently revealed as assemblages.

Tong creates situations in which everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function, applying specific combinations and certain manipulations to inspire different contexts.

His works question the conditions of appearance of an image in the context of contemporary visual culture in which representations and ideas normally function. By rejecting an objective truth and global cultural narratives, he reflects on the closely related subjects of archive and memory.