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Hong Kong—Pearl Lam Galleries is delighted to present Absorption as a Way of Seeing, featuring
works by eight contemporary artists: Kim Tschang-Yeul (b. 1929), Kenny Wong (b. 1987), Sinta Tantra
(b. 1979), Luke Heng (b. 1987), Studio Swine (b. 1983 & b. 1984), Li Tianbing (b. 1974), Gonkar Gyatso (b. 1961) and Thukral & Tagra (b. 1976 & b. 1979).

In his 1967 seminal essay “Art and Objecthood”, art historian Michael Fried investigates ways to
perpetuate the viewing experience of art. Fried proposes that artworks are “more than objects”;
specifically, the experience of art does not rely …