United Overseas Bank
Hong Kong (UOB Hong Kong)
has joined hands with
Regal Hotels
International to
launch UOB Art Space uniquely @ REGAL
at Regal
Airport
Hotel,
Hong Kong as part of their partnership
to
promote
art in the community.
Themed The Land. The
People. The City, the
inaugural exhibition
at UOB Art Space uniquely
@
REGAL
showcases
29
artworks from
the UOB Art Collection.
The artworks, curated
by
Tony Scott,
Director, China Art Projects,
demonstrate
a
harmonious mix of
cultures
and
landscapes
in
Asia
through
bustling city
scenes.
For example,
Scripts of Selective Sympathies
by past
UOB Painting of the Year
winner Anthony Chua
captures urban construction and the birth of the modern city through a double representation of a street
scene. The repetitive imagery creates a rhythmic effect reflective of the busy city life. Other artworks on
display include those from
Chinese painting master
David Kwo Da Wei, and other
UOB Painting of the
Year winners including Quek Jing Cheng,
Boo Sze Yang and
Baet Yeok Kuan.
Both UOB
Hong Kong
and Regal Hotels
hold
a
shared vision
to encourage the
appreciation of art
in the
community
and to provide an avenue for young artists to showcase their works
through sustainable
initiatives
and programmes.
UOB is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 offices in 19 countries a
nd
territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. UOB
started its art collection in the early 1970s
as a way of supporting local artists. The UOB Art
Collection
now holds more than 2,000 artworks, of which many are displayed at
the bank’s branches and
offices, as well as public art galleries.
Regal Hotels is one of the largest hotel operators in Hong Kong, currently managing 26 hotels with 9,500 rooms and around 100
restaurants and bars. As professional hoteliers,
Regal Hotels
embraces
the spirit of artisans
with
diligence and professionalism
in
serving
people from different cultures and from all walks of life.
In recent years,
Regal Hotels
put the ideas
into practice by engaging art events
including
its
sponsorship of
the
UOB Golden Garden Installation Art Awards in 2015. They first collaborated in 2015,
when
UOB
Hong Kong
and Regal Hotels
organised an
exhibition at Regal Airport Hotel
to
feature
the
winning artworks from the
UOB Golden
Garden Installation Art Awards.
“Just as UOB
has
built an extensive network to serve and to connect our customers
across
Asia
over the
last few decades,
we
have been supporting
the development of
artists in the region
through various
community projects. In Hong Kong specifically, we launched
the
UOB Art Academy
in
April
2015
to make
art
more accessible to the community
and
to
promote cross-cultural dialogue.
This year,
we are delighted to
continue to work
with Regal Hotels
to showcase Asian art to people in Hong Kong and
to
travellers
from around the world,” said Mrs Christine Ip, Chief Executive Officer of UOB Hong Kong.
Poman Lo, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Regal Hotels,
said, “We believe the art exhibitions at the
UOB Art Space uniquely
@
REGAL
will
definitely
become a point of attraction at Regal
Hotels
and
enhance our guests’ experience
as they
view
the display
of Asian art.”
The exhibits at the
UOB Art Space uniquely
@
REGAL will
be refreshed
quarterly.
Interested?
The
UOB Art Space
uniquely
@
REGAL
is
at
2/F, Regal Airport Hotel,
9 Cheong Tat Road, Hong Kong International
Airport,
and is open from
11am
to
8
pm every day except Wednesdays.
