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Wong Ping
Hong Kong, 1984⚠
WA-00005778
Hong Kong
Mixed Media
Representation
None documented
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Works in Collection
33
Assets Indexed
6
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Publications Referenced
60%
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- Birth yearArtsy· 85%
- DeceasedGallery Generic· 72%
Source Registry (1)
- Tanya-BonakdarTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Working under the name 'Another mountain man,' Hong Kong artist Stanley Wong Ping Pui built a sustained body of work around the red-white-blue nylon bag, a utilitarian object ubiquitous in Hong Kong daily life. His Red White Blue series transforms this overlooked material into a cultural emblem, using mixed media to examine the layered social and civic identity embedded in ordinary objects. The striped bag, associated with migration and working-class commerce across greater China, becomes both subject and medium in work that is precise in its symbolism and grounded in local material culture.
Source: Tanya Bonakdar · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Representation & Collections
In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Background
Education
The Education University of Hong Kong
Visual Arts
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