Here He Settled and Lived up to His Destiny — Hong Kong Sculptor Antonio Mak Hin-yeung and His Sense of Foreboding

Hong Kong culture flourishes in times of turmoil. The socio-cultural environment in which Hong Kong artists reside has a strong bearing on how they create. From the perspective of “sense of foreboding,” this essay highlights the difference between new generation artists and those from the 50s and 60s. The artworks of the former reveal a more complicated sense of foreboding and turns to a new cultural identity. The writer analyses Mak Hin-yeung Antonio’s artworks, complemented by those by other artists, to argue that Mak’s works made in the 80s and 90s not only embody his sense of foreboding but also transcends from there. Mak’s sculptures are visual images of Hong Kong’s cultural pride and life force.