Blue Lotus Effect: Shipping, Serendipity, Superstition with Sarah Greene.
Every week, artist and entrepreneur Oscar Venhuis talks with fellow artists, curators, collectors and gallerists in Asia. The Last Supper podcast is available on Spotify, Apple podcast, Google podcast.
Sarah Greene, Owner of Blue Lotus Gallery Hong Kong.
Episode 7 | Sarah Greene, also known as Sarah Van Ingelgom, explains how she went from an early shipping career in Belgium to becoming a successful gallerist in Hong Kong and how photography, and many artists, found her in Fo Tan.
She describes her experience of discovering Fan Ho’s work in the US, talks about Wing Shya’s 20-year retrospective Happy Together and Sarah explains the commitment it requires to develop new emerging artists. We delve into the necessity of identity, the longing of belonging, and how the multiple dimensions of identity have manifested over the years in Hong Kong as well.
Blue Lotus Gallery, Fan Ho 何藩, Boat Women, Hong Kong 1960
Sarah graduated in 1998 with a Masters Degree from the University of Ghent in Asian Arts and Cultures. She founded Blue Lotus Gallery in 2007 to promote Hong Kong’s artistic talent, has been instrumental in launching the careers of Hong Kong's emerging photography artists including KC Kwan, Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, Tugo Cheng for which Blue Lotus has the exclusive Hong Kong representation rights, and Blue Lotus Gallery is the global representative for the Fan Ho Trust.
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, 'Vertical Horizon #44', Hong Kong 2013
Blue Lotus Gallery, 28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong | www.bluelotus-gallery.com
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