Lydia Wong's new exhibition with a crustacean theme, at Limbo in Margate
10am-6pm
Salt-encrusted crabs and bamboo scaffolding explore the changing nature of identity in Hong Kong, in association with Crab Museum, Margate.
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Hong Kong artist Lydia Wong’s work centres on crabs, salt, and bamboo scaffolding, exploring the changing nature of identity in Hong Kong.
Salt-encrusted crabs emerge from collapsed scaffold forms, referencing the bamboo scaffolding that has long defined Hong Kong’s skyline.
Crabs’ transformative shell moulting is used to treat them as living archives. Drawing on Lo Ting, the mythological ancestor of Hong Kong who lived between land and sea, these works bring together ancestral myth and the preservation of identity.
Alongside the exhibition will be a selection of short crab-centric talks from Crab Museum residents and friends, examining political and philosophical angles to crabs and their representation in iconography.
Free
Address
Lydia Wong - Salty, Wet
LIMBO Gallery, 2 Bilton Square, High Street, Margate
CT9 1EE
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