But the company's creative director and curator, Shu-kam Lam, said KAWS' piece was even more challenging, due to the complex shape of the work. While Hofman's duck sat on a simple, circular pontoon weighing about 5 tons, Companion rests on a diamond-shaped one weighing eight times that.
Slightly smaller versions of the project, named "KAWS: Holiday," have appeared in front of Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and in Seoul's Seokchon Lake.Companion's arrival in the harbor coincides with a month of arts events centered around this week's Art Basel Hong Kong fair. The artwork, titled"KAWS: Holiday," seems destined to become an Instagram favorite and a talking point among locals.
A diver helping with the project, Chan Kwok Yung, described it as"a cute, dead body," while a shipyard worker likened the sculpture to Hello Kitty. "When people see it, they will feel relaxed," said Cheung Shu Fook, the captain of a small boat. "That's really the beauty of public art," Donnelly said of the varying reactions he expects the work to attract."You get people from all different backgrounds coming in and encountering it taking from it what they will. I don't try to say exactly what they need to feel when they see a work. It's just what it is to them, what their history is and their associations."
It's Wonderful, That Art Is Amazing ⚡
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