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The end of an Era.

As the Jccac sadly didn't renew our contract, this is the last months of the Present in Art studio and activities in Hong Kong.

Please take the time to visit our galleries and buy the artworks to support the artists. Thank you!

Philippe Charmes new personal exhibition THE GATEWAYS, at the ArtBoX gallery, in Kwai Fong.
Philippe Charmes latest artworks, the Shells, and The Gateways project, an attempt to record and express how, in a constantly changing environment, all living beings adapt, evolve and SURvive, with utter perseverance.

Opening: Saturday, October 3, from 2:00pm.
Exhibition from 03/10/2020 to 31/10/2020

HKIYAS - The Art BoX
Factory B, 24/F, Golden Dragon Industrial Centre Block 4, 182-190 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

CORNET SURPRISE # A TEXTILE NUMBER

LIVE Franco-Germano collaboration in HK

SUNDAY 9 JUNE 2019, 11:00 to 19:00, Present in Art gallery

Curated by Philippe Charmes

An art-interactive-performance-installation, 2 brains, 4 hands designing wacky accessories and garments from recycled clothes.

Join Frederique Decombe & Gabor Zsóka in their Pop Up Textile Cavern at the Present in Art gallery!

* You can bring your own clothes to be customised on the spot (price to be confirmed). First comes, first served.

* You can also donate clothes!

ADDRESS:

Present in Art Gallery, room 13, 2/F , JCCAC, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei..

MTR: Shek Kip Mei Exit C or Sham Shui Po exit B1 or D2

Opening: FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2019 at 7:30 pm

DATE & TIME:

SUNDAY 9 JUNE 2019, 11 am - 7 pm

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Philippe Charmes conducting life drawing sessions in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong who has brought the best of Italian art to our city through a remarkable exhibition Shaping the Human Body: Florentine Sculptures of the Italian Renaissance. The sessions are held at the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) where the masterpieces from the Bellini Collection of Florence (Italy) as well as examples from the McCarthy Collection in London are exhibited.

Enquiries, please contact Ms Chelsea Choi: cchelsea@hku.hk / 2241 5509.

More info about the course: http://www.umag.hku.hk/en/event_detail.php?id=2534211

More info about the exhibition: https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_17874.html

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Philippe Charmes performance CATCH YOUR BREATH at the «Cattle Depot 10 years anniversary», Cattle Depot Art Village, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong

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UNDER THE SKIN

3/March - 28/April

Friday & Saturday 1100 - 1900

人體模特兒，是一份解放身體的工作? 一份藝術工作? 是娛樂事業? 是性別歧視的產物? 是容易受性騷擾的行業？

一份看來簡單的工作，引伸出不同的觀點與討論。「身體自主」像是人體模特兒行業的關鍵詞，但行業中對「身體」和「自主」的價值觀又能被單一地解讀嗎？

延續早前的人體寫生工作坊，「皮內有人」展覽總結參加者跟四位資深模特兒的交流並整理成隔空對話的展覽。在一個容許自由並且安全地討論性別及性暴力議題的空間裏，走進人體模特兒的視覺，觀察這個城市內關於性別、身體的種種偏見；也開放我們的聽覺，聆聽他們探討工作上的界線。

Unfolded through a conversation on sexual violence in the industry, the exhibition is a summary of four sessions of life drawing plus dialogue workshop. Putting together the sharing from four models, we get to visualise and observe the city’s prejudice against bodies and genders. Open your mind and listen to models’ experience in navigating boundaries at work.

策劃 Curated by

Philippe Charmes, 年華LinWah

影像記錄 Cinematography

林森 Lam Sum

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October 2017, Philippe Charmes performance "Catch your Breath" at the «Crossing border – Border crossing», Museum of Site Limited (MOST), Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong.