No looking back

Brought to ABHK by Lehmann Maupin, Looking Up is complemented by an AR experience in which the sculpture comes to life and can be seen standing at iconic sites in Hong Kong (Times Square, Harbour City), Seoul and New York.

"It's a joy to be able to present more monumental works in the show," says Art Basel's Asia director, Adeline Ooi. She particularly recommends Hanart TZ Gallery's 40-channel interactive speaker system installation sounding the heartbeat of its creator, the local multidisciplinary artist GayBird; and Taiwan's Hsu Yung-hsu's stoneware installation, 2021-3, presented by Liang Gallery. "It looks deceptively simple," Ooi says of the textured layers of ceramic that rise and intersect with each other like trellised plants in Hsu's piece. "But the process of creating it with clay is painstaking and demanding."