And so we went to the art center for the auction, free and open to the public. The auction showed live updates of the prices in Hong Kong dollars, USD, Euro, Chinese Yuan, and Singapore dollars. The first painting went for 6 million u.s. dollars. The next were more tame in the 120,000s or so.
Then we went to the modern art gallery to see the pieces that would be auctioned on Monday. It was a plush setting with people saying things like "We just flew in from Bali", and a free tea/coffee service while you took in the art. The art was amazing, modern, fresh, engaging, and compelling. Here is a list of some artists I liked for later googling:
Kim Dong Yoo -Gene Kelly vs. Frank Sinatra
Hiroshi Kobayashi - Step into the myst
Zeng Chuanxing
Kei Hiraga
Koji Hoyori
Yin Zhoayang
Kim Joen
Kim Jung Sun - When we were young
Hang Hao - My Things
Kosuko Okahara - Ibasyo
After Christie's we went for lunch. I had a noodle soup with Crab row dumplings. Essentially dumplings with bright orange crab eggs inside. They tasted good, like crab. Then I went to Victoria Park to study. A large American man made eye contact and sat down on a bench next to me. He started in on his story: He was hired as a guide for a business man to go to China. But they got turned down at border because he failed to get Chinese visas for the mainland. Now he was stuck in HK, which he didn't like because people don't make eye contact, or smile, etc... and this was really the first time he left the hotel to explore the city. He held a big 16oz McDonalds cup with a coke slurpee inside. I talked to him for a while and then left to go get a hair-cut, and do some light shopping. Later in the evening I met up with more people from the hostel to go out for dinner. The orders got all confused, but the food was good anyway. It was a great time. I love Hong Kong.
Kim Jung Sun - When we were young
On auction at Christie's
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