Trolley Party | Art Basel

AXEL VERVOORDT, 21-25 March 2023, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

 
 

Jaffa Lam. Trolley Party

EN2, Encounters sector

Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present Hong Kong artist Jaffa Lam’s (b. 1973) ambitious, site-specific installation, “Trolley Party” (2023) in Art Basel’s Encounters sector. Hovering in the air, the socially engaged installation consists of a 14-metre-patchwork made of recycled umbrella fabric, where it connects with the extensions of six sculptures made of industrial trolleys that Lam transformed into chairs. Described by Lam as “an art fair oasis”, it demonstrates the issues of labour, identity, and collectiveness of the city. The grand-scale patchwork was sewn together by artist and female workers from the Hong Kong Women Workers' Association during the participative workshops in Spring 2023.

Source: Axel Vervoordt

Cross-displinary project

Soft Sculpture