Press the Button, published by OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT) Shenzhen, was born out of Leung’s eponymous solo exhibition at OCAT Shenzhen in 2015. After the exhibition, Leung created 54 hand drawings along with textual description for each of the works showcased at the exhibition. Limited to an edition of 50, the individually numbered box set includes an 88-page paperback and 54 loose hand drawings, with texts by Leung Chi Wo, curator of the exhibition Carol Yinghua Lu, art critic Anthony Leung Po Shan and curator Qu Chang. All original drawings published in the book will be exhibited from the day of the launch for two weeks.
About Leung Chi Wo (b.1968, Hong Kong)
Leung Chi Wo studied culture of photography at Centro di Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia in Italy in 1991 and obtained his Master of Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1997. He has had residency at Monash University and Australian National University in Australia, and MuseumsQuartier in Austria. He had a solo exhibition at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen in China (2015). His works have also been exhibited at Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong (2014), The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in the USA (2013), Queens Museum in the USA (2000), and other biennials such as Venice Biennale in Italy (2001), Shanghai Biennale in China (2000) and triennials in Marrakech in Morocco, Guangzhou in China and Manchester in the UK. Leung is the co-founder of Para Site. He is currently Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong.
