HK collector displays Italian art in Beijing

People visit the Challenging Beauty－Insights of Italian Contemporary Art exhibition in Beijing. Photos provided to China Daily

Hong Kong businessman George Wong is holding a show in Beijing of works covering four phases of Italian art, Deng Zhangyu reports.

An ongoing show of contemporary art in Beijing is a comprehensive showcase of Italian art from the 1960s. The exhibition, Challenging Beauty－Insights of Italian Contemporary Art, features representative works covering four phases of Italian art, including Arte Povera or "poor art" from late 1960s, trans-avant garde and the new art of 1980s Rome.

Totally, there are 47 pieces by 29 Italian artists on display, and the works belong to Hong Kong art collector George Wong.

Speaking of the display, Lorand Hegyi, the curator, says: "It showcases the development of Italian contemporary art after World War II. And it also bears the distinctive personality and preferences of the collector."

Wong, the president of the Hong Kong-based Parkview Green Group, has been collecting Italian art for the past few years, and has visited Italian museums and artist studios.

Commenting on Wong's art holdings, Hegyi says: "Even for Italian collectors, it's not easy to amass such a comprehensive collection of Italian art."